Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electromechanical surgical apparatus including wire routing clock spring
-
Application No.: US16838476Application Date: 2020-04-02
-
Publication No.: US11642111B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Justin Williams
- Applicant: Covidien LP
- Applicant Address: US MA Mansfield
- Assignee: Covidien LP
- Current Assignee: Covidien LP
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Mansfield
- Agency: Carter, DeLuca & Farrell LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/00
- IPC: A61B17/00 ; A61B17/072 ; H01B7/06 ; H01B9/00 ; A61B17/29 ; A61B90/90

Abstract:
An electromechanical surgical system is disclosed including a hand-held surgical instrument, an end effector configured to perform at least one function, and a shaft assembly arranged for selectively interconnecting the end effector and the surgical instrument. The shaft assembly includes a linkage having a proximal housing and a distal housing at least partially received within the proximal housing. The distal housing is rotatable relative to the proximal housing and configured to selectively interconnect the end effector to the shaft assembly. The shaft assembly further includes a wire extending through the linkage having a central portion disposed within an annular groove defined between the proximal and distal housings. The central portion of the wire is annularly wound within the annular groove to define a coil. The coil is configured to at least one of radially expand and contract upon rotation of the distal housing relative to the proximal housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200245984A1 ELECTROMECHANICAL SURGICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING WIRE ROUTING CLOCK SPRING Public/Granted day:2020-08-06
Information query