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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2010
Greg Furnish, Louisville, KY (US);
Eric Bielefeld, New Albany, IN (US);
Edwin Bon, Floyds Knobs, IN (US);
Eric Taylor, East Hampton, CT (US);
Peter Hathaway, Lebanon, CT (US);
Matthew Chowaniec, Middletown, CT (US);
Greg Furnish, Louisville, KY (US);
Eric Bielefeld, New Albany, IN (US);
Edwin Bon, Floyds Knobs, IN (US);
Eric Taylor, East Hampton, CT (US);
Peter Hathaway, Lebanon, CT (US);
Matthew Chowaniec, Middletown, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A handle assembly for operating an articulatable surgical instrument is provided and includes a housing; an actuation shaft translatably and rotatably supported in the housing; a first trigger supported on the housing and connected to the actuation shaft, the first trigger being configured to translate the actuation shaft to operate a first function of the surgical instrument; a second trigger supported on the housing and connected to the actuation shaft, the second trigger being configured to rotate the actuation shaft to operate a second function of the surgical instrument; and a second-trigger release supported in the housing, the second-trigger release having a first position blocking actuation of the second trigger and a second position permitting actuation of the second trigger, where the second-trigger release is actuated from the first position to the second position upon and complete actuation of the first trigger.