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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2015
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Joanna Ackley, Boulder, CO (US);
James D. Allen, IV, Broomfield, CO (US);
Ryan C. Artale, Boulder, CO (US);
Kim V. Brandt, Loveland, CO (US);
Dennis W. Butcher, Longmont, CO (US);
Edward M. Chojin, Boulder, CO (US);
Gary M. Couture, Ward, CO (US);
James S. Cunningham, Boulder, CO (US);
David M. Garrison, Longmont, CO (US);
Keir Hart, Lafayette, CO (US);
Russell D. Hempstead, Lafayette, CO (US);
Glenn A. Horner, Boulder, CO (US);
Daniel A. Joseph, Golden, CO (US);
Duane E. Kerr, Loveland, CO (US);
Dylan R. Kingsley, Broomfield, CO (US);
Peter M. Mueller, Frederick, CO (US);
Jessica E. C. Olson, Frederick, CO (US);
Sean T. O'Neill, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jason T. Sanders, Boulder, CO (US);
Robert M. Sharp, Boulder, CO (US);
John R. Twomey, Superior, CO (US);
Jeffrey R. Unger, Longmont, CO (US);
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing an end effector assembly includes providing first and second jaw members moveable relative to one another about a pivot between a first, spaced-apart position and a second, approximated position. One of the first and second jaw members includes a cavity defined therein and the other of the first and second jaw members includes a stop member configured to be inserted into the cavity. A gap-setting gauge is grasped between the first and second jaw members to define a gap-distance between the jaw members equivalent to a thickness of the gap-setting gauge. The first and second jaw members are set such that the jaw members are prevented from approximation beyond the gap-distance.