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- Patent Title: Deployment mechanisms for surgical instruments
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Application No.: US16724973Application Date: 2019-12-23
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Publication No.: US11653943B2Publication Date: 2023-05-23
- Inventor: Amarsinh D. Jadhav
- 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: A61B18/12
- IPC: A61B18/12 ; A61B17/29 ; A61B18/14 ; F16H19/02 ; F16H19/06 ; F16H21/32 ; A61B17/32 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B18/00 ; A61B34/35 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/28

Abstract:
A deployment mechanism for selectively deploying and retracting an energizable member and/an insulative member relative to an end effector assembly of a surgical instrument includes one or more actuators, a clutch assembly, and a drive assembly. The clutch assembly is configured to couple to the actuator(s) to provide rotational motion in the first direction in response to such rotation of the actuator(s) and to decouple from the actuator(s) in response to rotation thereof in the second direction. The drive assembly is operably coupled to the clutch assembly and is configured to convert the rotational motion provided by the clutch assembly into longitudinal motion to translate the energizable member and/or insulative member from a storage position to a deployed position and to translate the energizable member and/or the insulative member from the deployed position back to the storage position.
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