Appeal No. 1999-2065
Application 08/651,502
(70) adapted to advance staples into contact with the anvil to
secure tissue, and a trigger (60) being operatively connected
with the staple pusher when the jaw members are in the closed
position and the trigger being moved from operative connection
to an inoperative associa- tion with the staple pusher in
response to movement of the jaw
members from the closed to an open position (claim 1).
Independ- ent claim 45 recites a surgical stapling apparatus
wherein the trigger assembly (60) is slidably connected to the
second handle
(10) and has a distal portion (58) engageable with an angled
camming portion (86) of actuator lever (80) in the closed
position of the anvil and staple magazine to facilitate
actuation of the staple pusher and said distal portion of said
second handle being disengaged with the angled camming portion
in response to movement of said anvil and staple magazine to
an open position to prevent actuation of the staple pusher.
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