摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an introducer assembly for a surgical fastener applying apparatus.SOLUTION: An introducer assembly 100 comprises: a collar 130 configured to releasably couple the introducer assembly to a shaft of a surgical fastener applying apparatus; a tip 170 having an opening 173 configured to receive a distalmost end of an end effector of the surgical fastener applying apparatus therein; and a body portion 150 connecting the collar and the tip. The introducer assembly is secured to an end effector so that the collar is slidably attached to a proximal portion of the end effector and the tip is slidably attached to a distal portion of a first jaw of the end effector. |