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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2020
Gyrus Acmi, Inc., Southborough, MA (US);
Ryan J. Windgassen, Elk River, MN (US);
Jeffrey Nelson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Dennis G. Lamser, Marlborough, MA (US);
John Mensch, Plymouth, MN (US);
Zane R. Ward, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Timothy Ozell, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Westborough, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical device comprising: (a) a stylet comprising: one or more support rods; (b) a hand piece comprising: one or more housing structures defining a cavity; and one or more actuating mechanisms comprising: one or more levers attached to one or more pivot axes in the hand piece and configured to form one or more slidable joints in communication with the one or more support rods; wherein the one or more levers are configured to be assembled by: being placed into the hand piece along the assembly direction before the stylet so the stylet may be placed into the hand piece over the one or more levers; or being placed into the hand piece along the assembly direction after the stylet so the one or more levers is placed into the hand piece over the stylet and in communication with the stylet.