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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2018
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Weng-Kai K. Lee, Longmont, CO (US);
Scott N. Lacosta, Lafayette, CO (US);
Kelley D. Goodman, Erie, CO (US);
Keir Hart, Lafayette, CO (US);
Duane E. Kerr, Loveland, CO (US);
Geneva Ladtkow, Arvada, CO (US);
Kenneth E. Netzel, Loveland, CO (US);
Jeffrey R. Townsend, Longmont, CO (US);
Raghavendra L. Bhandari, Karnataka, IN;
Peixiong Yi, Shanghai, CN;
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling an electrosurgical instrument includes coupling first and second shafts to each other about a pivot. Each of the shafts has an interior side facing the other shaft and an exterior side opposite the interior side. The method also includes disposing a knife blade at least partially through a passageway defined through the pivot from the exterior side of the first shaft and coupling a knife actuation mechanism to the first shaft from the exterior side of the first shaft. The knife actuation mechanism is configured to move the knife blade through the passageway.