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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Swayze, Hamilton, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John L. Stammen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Chester O. Baxter, Iii, Loveland, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Swayze, Hamilton, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John L. Stammen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Chester O. Baxter, III, Loveland, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Drive shaft assemblies for a surgical instrument. Various forms include a plurality of movably interlocking joint segments that are interconnected to form a flexible hollow tube. A flexible secondary constraining member is configured in flexible constraining engagement with the plurality of movably interlocking joint segments to retain the interlocking joint segments in movable interlocking engagement while facilitating flexing of the drive shaft assembly.