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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.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 9/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/267 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61L 2/186 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.02); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscopic shaft assembly includes: an elongate outer shaft; and an outer housing coupled to a proximal portion of the elongate outer shaft. The outer housing includes: a tubular wall defining a cavity; and a shaft plunger disposed within the cavity and configured to move axially within at least a portion of the cavity along a travel path. The shaft plunger includes a collar. The collar is configured to be separated from the tubular wall along a first travel portion of the travel path and to contact the tubular wall along a second travel portion of the travel path.