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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Atricure, Inc., Mason, OH (US);
Inventors:
Frank M. Fago, Mason, OH (US);
Keith Edward Martin, Dayton, OH (US);
Assignee:
AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/122 (2013.01); A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 17/1227 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical instrument comprising an end effector comprising a first jaw configured to be repositionable with respect to a second jaw, the first and second jaws removably mounted to an open-ended occlusion clip, the end effector configured to configured to be removably coupled to an open-ended occlusion clip with a pair of terminal ends and first and second robotic arms, and wherein the end effector includes at least one of a cavity and a projection configured to be engaged by at least one of the first and second robotic arms.