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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Inventors:
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Christopher C. Miller, Loveland, OH (US);
Brian Dinardo, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/3211 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/0686 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/105 (2013.01); A61B 17/115 (2013.01); A61B 17/1155 (2013.01); A61B 17/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/3211 (2013.01); A61B 17/0644 (2013.01); A61B 17/07292 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00128 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00305 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00407 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00424 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00946 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07228 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07235 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07242 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07264 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/291 (2013.01); A61B 2017/292 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2903 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2905 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2912 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2922 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2923 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2932 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2946 (2013.01); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0808 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0814 (2016.02); A61B 2090/08021 (2016.02);
Abstract
A surgical instrument comprising a closure drive, a firing drive, and a lockout is disclosed. The lockout prevents the firing drive from being actuated until the closure drive has been sufficiently actuated.
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