Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical instrument for energy-based tissue treatment
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Application No.: US13933683Application Date: 2013-07-02
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Publication No.: US10368945B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: William H. Nau, Jr. , Arlen J. Reschke , Robert M. Sharp , Duane E. Kerr , James D. Allen, IV
- Applicant: COVIDIEN LP
- Applicant Address: US MA Mansfield
- Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
- Current Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Mansfield
- Main IPC: A61B17/00
- IPC: A61B17/00 ; A61B17/29 ; A61B17/32 ; A61B18/00 ; A61B18/14 ; A61B18/18

Abstract:
A forceps includes a drive assembly and an end effector assembly having first and second jaw members movable between a spaced-apart position, a first approximated position, and a second approximated position. The drive assembly includes a drive housing and a drive bar. The proximal end of the drive bar is coupled to the drive housing, while the distal end of the drive bar is coupled to at least one of the jaw members. The drive housing and the drive bar are selectively movable in conjunction with one another between a first position and a second position to move the jaw members between the spaced-apart position and the first approximated position. The drive assembly is selectively activatable to move the drive bar independent of the drive housing from the second position to a third position to move the jaw members from the first approximated position to the second approximated position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140025052A1 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR ENERGY-BASED TISSUE TREATMENT Public/Granted day:2014-01-23
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