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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2012
Luke Waaler, Longmont, CO (US);
Duane E. Kerr, Loveland, CO (US);
Diana Gunnarson, Longmont, CO (US);
Robert B. Stoddard, Steamboat Springs, CO (US);
Sean T. O'neill, Campbell, CA (US);
Steven E. Butcher, Berthoud, CO (US);
William E. Robinson, Boulder, CO (US);
Cody C. Taylor, Boulder, CO (US);
Luke Waaler, Longmont, CO (US);
Duane E. Kerr, Loveland, CO (US);
Diana Gunnarson, Longmont, CO (US);
Robert B. Stoddard, Steamboat Springs, CO (US);
Sean T. O'Neill, Campbell, CA (US);
Steven E. Butcher, Berthoud, CO (US);
William E. Robinson, Boulder, CO (US);
Cody C. Taylor, Boulder, CO (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument is provided and includes a housing including an elongated shaft. The housing includes a docking portion that includes one or more apertures defined therein and electrical circuitry disposed therein. An end effector is operably supported at a distal end of the elongated shaft. A battery assembly is selectively and pivotably engageable with the docking portion of the housing and configured to generate electrical energy. The battery assembly includes one or more protrusions that are configured to releasably engage the aperture(s) on the docking portion and a latch mechanism that is movable from an initial position for latching the battery assembly to the docking portion to a subsequent position for unlatching the battery assembly from the docking portion. The battery assembly is adapted to communicate with the electrical circuitry of the docking member upon insertion of the battery assembly into the at least one aperture.