Abstract: An apparatus includes a handle assembly having a body, a shaft assembly having an outer tube member, an end effector, an anvil, a first trocar closure system, and a second trocar closure system. The end effector has having a staple deck fixed relative to the body, a staple driver operable to actuate relative to the staple deck between an unfired position and a fired position, and the trocar configured to selectively couple with the anvil and actuate relative to the staple dreck. The first trocar closure assembly can actuate in a first motion to drive the trocar between a distal position and a first closed position. The second trocar closure assembly can actuate in a second motion between the first closed position and a second closed position. The staple drive is inoperable at least until the first trocar closure assembly actuates the trocar to the first closed position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for supervised, systematic and reproducible utilization of one or more virtual machines to provide a deployable and flexible suite of testing environments that cover the expected range of real-world deployments of software applications in a simulation of their current and anticipated real-world environments. The setup, configuration and results generated by the virtual machines is recorded and may be replicated to provide freshly instantiated but identically configured environments or changed and updated environments for forward and regression testing of applications. Virtual environments may be updated with successive OS and application revisions. Addition of new configurations is simplified to allow extensibility to new and evolving platforms without developing new software or scripts. Test results are tagged and documented and are reproducible by instantiating the environments and applications used as stored in a database.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for supervised, systematic and reproducible utilization of one or more virtual machines to provide a deployable and flexible suite of testing environments that cover the expected range of real-world deployments of software applications in a simulation of their current and anticipated real-world environments. The setup, configuration and results generated by the virtual machines is recorded and may be replicated to provide freshly instantiated but identically configured environments or changed and updated environments for forward and regression testing of applications. Virtual environments may be updated with successive OS and application revisions. Addition of new configurations is simplified to allow extensibility to new and evolving platforms without developing new software or scripts. Test results are tagged and documented and are reproducible by instantiating the environments and applications used as stored in a database.