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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2014
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel W. Price, Loveland, OH (US);
Galen C. Robertson, Apex, NC (US);
Cory G. Kimball, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Scott A. Woodruff, Boston, MA (US);
Matthew C. Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kip M. Rupp, New Richmond, OH (US);
Carrie I. Fihe, Ponte Verde Beach, FL (US);
Jane A. Sheetz, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Carl J. Draginoff, Jr., Mason, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument including a trigger configured to be actuated by a proximally directed force and by a distally directed force. The trigger may include a proximal trigger portion having a first length and a distal trigger hook comprising a distal portion having a second length. The second length may be less than the first length. The distal trigger hook may be coupled to the proximal trigger portion.