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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2017
Maquet Cardiovascular Llc, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Fred Ginnebaugh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph N. Lamberti, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Rohit Girotra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ryan Abbott, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenny L. Dang, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Justin Williams, Oakland, CA (US);
MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR LLC, Wayne, NJ (US);
Abstract
An actuator for use in a surgical instrument, the actuator includes an upper portion configured to be actuated by one or more fingers, wherein the upper portion has an upper distal portion for operating the surgical instrument in a first mode of operation, and an upper proximal portion for operating the surgical instrument in a second mode of operation, and wherein the upper distal portion and the upper proximal portion have different respective tactile configurations for informing the user of the first and second modes of operation, respectively.