SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENT WITH LOCKOUT FEATURES TO PREVENT ADVANCEMENT OF A FIRING ASSEMBLY UNLESS AN UNFIRED SURGICAL STAPLE CARTRIDGE IS OPERABLY MOUNTED IN AN END EFFECTOR PORTION OF THE INSTRUMENT

摘要

A surgical severing and stapling instrument, suitable for laparoscopic and endoscopic clinical procedures, clamps tissue within an end effector of an elongate channel pivotally opposed by an anvil. Various embodiments are configured to be operably attached to a robotic system to receive actuation/control motions therefrom.