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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventor:
Timothy Sargeant, Hamden, CT (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61B 18/1442 (2013.01); A61B 2017/005 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2926 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1807 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0072 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0085 (2013.01); A61F 2220/005 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical instrument is provided including a handle portion and a body portion extending distally from the handle portion and defining a longitudinal axis. The surgical instrument also includes a grasper disposed at a distal end of the body portion, the grasper including an ultraviolet (UV) light mechanism for performing UV tacking of an implant. The implant is positioned between the first and second jaw members of the grasper: (i) to be placed at a surgical site and (ii) to be exposed by a UV light emitted from the UV light mechanism such that the UV tacking of the implant to the surgical site is performed.