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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventor:
Wei Tan, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); A61B 18/16 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2929 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320074 (2017.08); A61B 2018/00178 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00595 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00666 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00827 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00916 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00928 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00988 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00994 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1286 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical device () includes a handle () and a rotatable assembly () coupled and rotatable with respect to the handle (). The surgical device () further includes a switch () coupled to the handle () and having a plurality of positions. A first inductor () is coupled to the switch () and a second inductor () is coupled to the rotatable assembly (). A current signal propagating through the first inductor () and/or a current signal propagating through the second inductor () changes based on a position of the switch ().