Assembly comprising a lock

An end effector is disclosed comprising a cartridge channel, a staple cartridge positionable in the cartridge channel, and a firing assembly configured to lock itself if the staple cartridge is not positioned in the cartridge channel. Moreover, the firing assembly is configured to lock itself if the...

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Hauptverfasser: Beckman, Andrew T, Koch, Jr., Robert L, Overmyer, Mark D, Harris, Jason L, Swayze, Jeffrey S, Shelton, IV, Frederick E
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An end effector is disclosed comprising a cartridge channel, a staple cartridge positionable in the cartridge channel, and a firing assembly configured to lock itself if the staple cartridge is not positioned in the cartridge channel. Moreover, the firing assembly is configured to lock itself if the staple cartridge has been at least partially spent.