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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2020
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Stephen J. Stamm, Wheat Ridge, CO (US);
Purvishkumar H. Soni, Longmont, CO (US);
Benjamin R. Arts, Lafayette, CO (US);
Alyssa M. Sawyer, Broomfield, CO (US);
Jessica E. C. Olson, Frederick, CO (US);
Amir Roomi, Boulder, CO (US);
Scott N. Lacosta, Lafayette, CO (US);
Terry M. Duffin, Westminster, CO (US);
Mark E. Renner, Longmont, CO (US);
John A. Hammerland, III, Arvada, CO (US);
Michelle Esponda, Lafayette, CO (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a movable handle movable relative a housing to manipulate an end effector assembly, and a latch assembly. The latch assembly includes a latch arm including a latch post, and a latch track defining an entry path, a latching path, a saddle, an un-latching path, and a return path. The latch post moves through the entry path, the latching path, and into the saddle upon movement of the movable handle from an un-actuated position to an over-actuated position and back to an actuated position to lock the movable handle. The latch post moves from the saddle through the un-latching path and the return path upon movement of the movable handle from actuated position to the over-actuated position and back to the un-actuated position. The return path includes a ramped surface configured to inhibit reverse travel of the latch post into the return path.