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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2016
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Tony C. Siebel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William B. Weisenburgh, II, Maineville, OH (US);
Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Matthew C. Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a gripping assembly, a shaft assembly, an end effector, and a pivoting member. The gripping assembly defines a first opening for receiving a finger or a thumb of a user. The gripping assembly includes a first deformable feature that is configured to be moved in order to increase or decrease a cross-sectional area of the first opening. The shaft assembly extends distally from the gripping assembly. The end effector is positioned at a distal end of the shaft assembly and includes a first member. The pivoting member is pivotably coupled with the shaft assembly. The pivoting member is pivotable with respect to the first member of the end effector between an open position and a closed position to thereby clamp tissue between the first member and the pivoting member.