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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
May. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Joshua Michael Broehl, Worthington, OH (US);
Jamison Joseph Float, Westerville, OH (US);
James Huang Lua, Columbus, OH (US);
Inventors:
Joshua Michael Broehl, Worthington, OH (US);
Jamison Joseph Float, Westerville, OH (US);
James Huang Lua, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical instrument that has an articulatable end effector. Various types of passive articulation joints are disclosed for interconnecting a proximal frame portion to the end effector to facilitate pivotal travel of the end effector relative to the proximal frame portion of the instrument.
Published as:
CN101313864A; EP1997440A2; US2008300579A1; BRPI0802226A2; JP2009034483A; EP1997440A3; US7810693B2; CN101313864B; EP2522282A1; JP5362262B2; EP2522282B1; EP1997440B1; PL1997440T3; PL2522282T3; BRPI0802226B1; BRPI0802226B8;