Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tissue resecting instrument
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Application No.: US17521642Application Date: 2021-11-08
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Publication No.: US11980382B2Publication Date: 2024-05-14
- Inventor: Timothy J. Wood , Dalia Leibowitz , Peter Marshall
- 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
- The original application number of the division: US16704066 2019.12.05
- Main IPC: A61B17/32
- IPC: A61B17/32 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B34/37

Abstract:
A tissue-resecting end effector includes an outer shaft having a hub housing, an inner shaft including a sun gear, and a drive assembly disposed within the hub housing. The drive assembly includes a first and second drivers disposed about the inner shaft distally and proximally of the sun gear, respectively. The drive assembly further includes a plurality of planetary gears radially disposed about and in meshed engagement with the sun gear between the drivers, and a locking clip proximal of the planetary gears and the sun gear, rotationally keyed to the second driver, and engaged with the first driver via at least one snap-fit engagement. The locking clip retains the drivers and the planetary gears in operable engagement with one another and the sun gear such that a rotational input provided to the second driver drives rotation of the inner shaft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220061875A1 TISSUE RESECTING INSTRUMENT Public/Granted day:2022-03-03
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