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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2021
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Justin Williams, Southbury, CT (US);
Russell Pribanic, Roxbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/2909 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00296 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2919 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2937 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2947 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical grasper includes an articulation assembly configured to enable a tool assembly to pivot in a first plane and articulate in a second plane orthogonal to the first plane. The surgical grasper eliminates the center line pivot joint used in conventional articulation mechanism, which, in turn, enables use of thicker cable that provides greater clamping force of first and second jaws of the tool assembly.