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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel W. Price, Loveland, OH (US);
Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Prasanna Malaviya, Mason, OH (US);
Robert J. Beetel, III, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Timothy G. Dietz, Wayne, PA (US);
David A. Witt, Maineville, OH (US);
Douglas J. Turner, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David K. Norvell, Monroe, OH (US);
John A. Weed, III, Monroe, OH (US);
Kevin D. Felder, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin L. Houser, Springboro, OH (US);
Paul T. Franer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Craig N. Faller, Batavia, OH (US);
Craig T. Davis, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A nested trigger assembly for a surgical instrument may generally comprise a first trigger and a second trigger, wherein the first trigger and the second trigger are movable together on a first stroke of the nested trigger assembly, wherein the second trigger is configured to be biased away from the first trigger after the first stroke and before a second stroke, and wherein the second trigger is configured to be moved toward to the first trigger during the second stroke. A surgical instrument may generally comprise a shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end, a handle extending from the proximal end, wherein the handle comprises a gripping portion, and a nested trigger assembly extending from the handle. The nested trigger assemble may comprise one of a separable trigger assembly and a divisible trigger assembly.