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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2021
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Jacob C. Baril, Norwalk, CT (US);
Justin J. Thomas, New Haven, CT (US);
Saumya Banerjee, Southington, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a decoupling mechanism and a loading unit. The decoupling mechanism includes a driver coupling, an overstroke sled, a proximal driver, and a distal driver. The overstroke sled includes bosses configured to slidably engage slots of the driver coupling. The distal driver is coupled to a housing of the driver coupling for concomitant rotation therewith. A drive assembly of the loading unit is coupled to the distal driver such that rotation of the distal driver causes axial displacement of the drive assembly. The decoupling mechanism is transitionable between a first state, in which, rotation of the proximal driver of the decoupling mechanism rotates the driver coupling and the distal driver, thereby advancing the drive assembly, and a second state, in which, rotation of the proximal driver disengages the overstroke sled from the driver coupling to enable rotation of the overstroke sled relative to the driver coupling.