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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:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Grant T. Sims, Boulder, CO (US);
Kelley D. Goodman, Erie, CO (US);
Craig V. Krastins, Arvada, CO (US);
Robert F. McCullough, Jr., Boulder, CO (US);
Jennifer L. Rich, Parker, CO (US);
Daniel W. Mercier, Erie, CO (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1442 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00184 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00595 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00916 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1455 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrosurgical forceps includes a pair of first and second shaft members pivotably coupled to one another, an end effector assembly coupled to the pair of first and second shaft members, a knife, and a knife deployment mechanism. The knife deployment mechanism has one or more safety features that resist an inadvertent deployment of the knife.