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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11213342 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2018

Surgical instrument and connector

Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Hachioji, JP;

Inventors:

Kenjiro Kanno, Komagane, JP;

Tomoyuki Tsuchiya, Fuchu, JP;

Assignee:

OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC

Primary Examiner:

Michael F Peffley

Assistant Examiner:

Amanda L Zink

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 17/2812 (2013.01); A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320073 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320082 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320094 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320095 (2017.08); A61B 2018/00178 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00607 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00994 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1452 (2013.01);
Abstract

A surgical instrument includes: a handpiece; a movable member configured to transmit a driving force to a treating member to treat a subject by moving relatively to the handpiece; and a connector arranged inside the handpiece, and including a strip to apply a pressing force to the movable member. The movable member includes a first conductive portion formed therein. The connector includes a second conductive portion formed on the strip. The second conductive portion abutting against the first conductive portion to connect the movable member and the handpiece electrically. The second conductive portion of the connector is a molded interconnect device constituting a three-dimensional circuit.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kanno, Kenjiro. (2022). Surgical instrument and connector (U.S. Patent No. 11213342). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11213342

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