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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Gyrus Acmi, Inc., Southborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Theodore C. Blus, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Zane R Ward, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Jeffrey J. Nelson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Riyad Moe, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Gyms Acmi, Inc., Westborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00424 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2932 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical device can include a first jaw, a second jaw opposing the first jaw, a clamp lever in communication with the first jaw and the second jaw and operable to move the first jaw, the second jaw, or both from a jaw nominal position to a jaw clamped position when an external force is imparted upon the clamp lever in a first direction, and a stop bias member that stops movement of the clamp lever when the external force is removed so that the first jaw and the second jaw are in the jaw nominal position at rest.