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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2011
Michael P. Whitman, New Hope, PA (US);
John E. Burbank, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Michael P. Whitman, New Hope, PA (US);
John E. Burbank, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
Coupling assemblies are provided for maintaining a secure connection between surgical devices utilizing a shaft-and-pinion configuration and powered drive shafts. The coupling assemblies include a clip to be disposed without or within a pinion for receiving and securing a drive shaft member. The coupling assemblies are designed to maximize restriction of movement between the drive shaft and clip, but avoid impeding the rotational motion of a pinion.
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