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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Plaven, Littleton, CO (US);
Assignee:
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 5/00 (2006.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 5/36 (2013.01); A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0091 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1455 (2013.01); A61B 2019/4836 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5219 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly for use with a surgical device includes an enclosure defining a passageway extending from an interior to an exterior thereof and a visual indicator mounted within the interior of the enclosure adjacent the passageway. The visual indicator is configured to emit light. The passageway is partially defined by a concave surface of the enclosure and/or a chamfered portion of the enclosure to facilitate the passage of light emitted by the visual indicator through the passageway and to the exterior of the enclosure to increase the external viewing angle of the light emitted from the visual indicator.