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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2016
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
James D. Allen, IV, Broomfield, CO (US);
Craig V. Krastins, Arvada, CO (US);
Jessica E. C. Olson, Frederick, CO (US);
Stephen J. Stamm, Wheat Ridge, CO (US);
Victor K. Appel, Longmont, CO (US);
Purvishkumar H. Soni, Longmont, CO (US);
Ross Tichota, Englewood, CO (US);
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a housing, a shaft extending distally from the housing, an end effector assembly disposed at a distal end of the shaft, a knife slidably disposed within the shaft, a movable handle operably coupled to the housing, a trigger operably coupled to the housing, a drive assembly operably coupled between the movable handle and the end effector assembly such that movement of the movable handle manipulates the end effector assembly, and a linkage operably coupled between the trigger and the knife such that movement of the trigger deploys the knife. In an initial position of the movable handle, a portion of a drive housing of the drive assembly intersects a path of movement of the linkage to inhibit movement of the linkage, thereby inhibiting actuation of the trigger.