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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
May. 09, 2015
Take5 Endotech, Bunschoten-Spakenburg, NL;
Menno Kalmann, Elspeet, NL;
Peter W. J. Hinchliffe, Goshen, NY (US);
Adam I. Lehman, Northford, CT (US);
Daniel Helme, Warren, NJ (US);
Norbert Thomas Jankowski, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Joel N. Helfer, Cheshire, CT (US);
Take5 Endotech, Bunschoten-Spakenburg, NL;
Abstract
A surgical instrument for cutting and grasping tissue comprising a handle assembly, an elongated member and first and second jaws. A first movable member moves the second jaw in a first direction about a first pivot axis in a grasping action and a second movable member moves the second jaw in a second direction different than the first direction and about a second pivot axis in a cutting action. A switch is positioned at the proximal portion of the instrument and a selecting member is actuated by movement of the switch, the selecting member movable between a first position to enable movement of the second jaw in the first direction and prohibit movement in the second direction and a second position to enable movement of the second jaw in the second direction and prohibit movement in the first direction.