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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2022
Reach Surgical, Inc., Tianjin, CN;
REACH SURGICAL, INC., Tianjin, CN;
Abstract
A surgical instrument and a battery pack for use with the surgical instrument are disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a handle assembly, having a protruding portion; and a battery pack, detachably assembled on the handle assembly, operated by the protruding portion, and having a battery unit, where the battery pack includes a discharging system comprising a discharge element, and a switching member, operated to electrically connect the discharge element to the battery unit of the battery pack to form a discharge circuit, and having an initial open state, in which the discharge circuit is non-conductive, an intermediate open state, in which the switching member cooperates with the protruding portion to make the discharge circuit non-conductive, and a closed state, in which the switching member is separated from the protruding portion to make the discharge circuit conducting.