Covidien LP

Hefei Hualing Co., Ltd.

Mingfeng Xu

Weijiang Ding

Kai Liu

Michael B Lyons

Yuanxun Li

Pu Liu

Huawei Zhang

Sarfraz Ahamed Syed

Xianghai Pu

Mimi Ding

Jianjun Zhou

A forceps includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a shaft, an end effector assembly disposed at a distal end of the shaft, and a drive assembly including a drive bar. The end effector assembly includes jaw members movable between spaced-apart and approximated positions. The drive bar is slidably disposed within the shaft and coupled to the end effector assembly such that translation of the drive bar relative to the shaft moves the jaw members between the spaced-apart and approximated positions. The second portion includes a housing (or portion thereof) and a handle assembly including a movable handle that is coupled to the housing and movable relative thereto between first and second positions. The first and second portions are releasably couplable with one another to operably couple the movable handle with the drive bar such that moving the movable handle actuates the jaw members.

Surgical instruments capable of being selectively disassembled to facilitate replacement of disposable components and/or sterilization of reusable components

An articulation assembly () for use with a surgical instrument () is provided. The articulation assembly () includes a plurality of joints (), a plurality of cables (), and a first drive member (). Each joint () defines a plurality of openings () extending longitudinally therethrough, a central opening () extending longitudinally therethrough, a pair of projections () extending from a first surface, and a pair of grooves () extending at least partially through a second surface. Each groove () of at least one joint () is configured to engage one projection () of the pair of projections () from an adjacent joint (). Each cable () extends through one opening () of the plurality of openings () of each joint (). The first drive member () extends through the central opening () of each joint ().

Articulation assemblies for use with endoscopic surgical instruments

An end effector assembly for a forceps includes first and second jaw members each having an opposed electrically-conductive tissue-contacting surface. The first jaw member is pivotable relative to the second jaw member between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for grasping tissue between the opposed electrically-conductive tissue-contacting surfaces. The second jaw member includes an electrical cutting element and is translatable relative to the first jaw member between a first position, wherein the opposed electrically-conductive tissue-contacting surfaces are aligned with one another, and a second position, wherein the opposed electrically-conductive tissue-contacting surfaces are longitudinally offset relative to one another. Upon translation of the second jaw member between the first and second positions, the electrical cutting element is translated at least partially along the opposed electrically-conductive tissue-contacting surface of the first jaw member.

Surgical forceps for grasping, treating, and/or cutting tissue

A refrigerating apparatus includes a cabinet body having an open top; a door body () disposed at the top of the cabinet body pivotably around a pivot shaft () so as to open and close the cabinet body; and a light assembly (), disposed at a side of the door body () facing the cabinet body () and arranged adjacent to the pivot shaft (), wherein the light assembly () includes a PCB (), an LED light () and a gravity switch (), both the LED light () and the gravity switch () are connected onto the PCB (), and the gravity switch () is configured to be switched on to light the LED light () so as to light an interior of the cabinet body when the door body () opens the cabinet body, and switched off to extinguish the LED light () when the door body () closes the cabinet body.

Refrigerating apparatus

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Mingfeng Xu