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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2014
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
James D. Allen, IV, Broomfield, CO (US);
Kim V. Brandt, Loveland, CO (US);
Monte S. Fry, Longmont, CO (US);
Keir Hart, Lafayette, CO (US);
Daniel A. Joseph, Golden, CO (US);
Peter M. Mueller, Frederick, CO (US);
Jeffrey R. Unger, Longmont, CO (US);
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a shaft of a surgical instrument including forming a proximal segment of the shaft to include one or more features for operably engaging the shaft to a first component of the surgical instrument, forming a distal segment of the shaft to include one or more features for operably engaging the shaft to a second component of the surgical instrument and forming an intermediate segment of the shaft. The proximal segment is welded to a proximal end of the intermediate segment; and the distal segment is welded to a distal end of the intermediate segment. The proximal and distal segments are welded to the intermediate segment such that the one or more features thereof are aligned in a pre-determined orientation relative to one another.