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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2005
Applicant:
Kenneth S. Wales, Mason, OH (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth S. Wales, Mason, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical instrument particularly suited to endoscopic use articulates an end effector by including a laterally sliding member in a proximal portion of a shaft that pivots the end effector to a selected side. Differentially opposing actuating forces (e.g., hydraulic, fluidic, mechanical) act against the laterally sliding member without binding by incorporating guidance mechanisms between the laterally sliding member and a frame of the shaft.
Published as:
US2006190029A1; CA2553183A1; EP1745748A1; CN1903138A; AU2006203020A1; JP2007029722A; BRPI0602829A; EP1745748B1; ATE440547T1; DE602006008703D1; US7780054B2; CN1903138B; AU2006203020B2; JP5042549B2; CA2553183C;