Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Knife with mechanical fuse
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Application No.: US15773550Application Date: 2016-10-28
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Publication No.: US10765430B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Matthew A. Wixey
- Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2016/059297 WO 20161028
- International Announcement: WO2017/079044 WO 20170511
- Main IPC: A61B17/072
- IPC: A61B17/072 ; A61B17/29 ; A61B17/068 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/32
Abstract:
A knife member that can have a blade portion configured operation within a surgical stapling device. A first frame portion can extend from the blade portion to a first connection portion. A second frame portion can extend from the first frame portion to a second connection portion. At least one of the first and second frame portions can include a fused portion. The fused portion can be configured to fail when a predetermined amount of force is applied to the fused portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180317916A1 Knife With Mechanical Fuse Public/Granted day:2018-11-08
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