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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Asensus Surgical Us, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asensus Surgical US, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/285 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/285 (2013.01); A61B 17/282 (2013.01); A61B 17/2816 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02);
Abstract
A surgical instrument configured for both grasping and cutting operations has a shaft with a push rod extending through it. An end effector on the shaft has a grasping jaw, a cutting jaw, and an intermediate jaw. The grasping jaw forms a grasping device with the intermediate jaw, and the cutting jaw forming a cutting device with the intermediate member. A segment of the shaft proximal to the end effector is axially rotatable between a first position, in which the push rod can advance through the segment to actuate the cutting device, and a second position in which the push rod can advance through the segment to actuate the grasping device