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Patent No.:

US 9974602 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018

Filed:

May. 27, 2015

Surgical instruments and devices and methods facilitating the manufacture of the same

Applicant:

Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);

Inventors:

Monte S. Fry, Longmont, CO (US);

Stephen J. Stamm, Wheat Ridge, CO (US);

Assignee:

COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Jason L Vaughan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); B25G 3/26 (2006.01); B25B 27/08 (2006.01); B25B 27/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2947 (2013.01); A61B 2090/037 (2016.02); B25B 27/04 (2013.01); B25B 27/08 (2013.01); B25G 3/26 (2013.01); Y10T 29/537 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53809 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53909 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53943 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53987 (2015.01);
Abstract

An assembly tool for facilitating assembly of a surgical instrument includes a handle, a neck extending from the handle, and a portion of or an entire pivot pin engaged with the neck via a frangible connection. The pivot pin is engagable with the surgical instrument. The frangible connection is configured to break upon application of stress thereto above a threshold, thereby separating the pivot pin (or portion thereof) from the neck. A method of assembling using such an assembly tool includes positioning a component of a surgical instrument for receipt of a pivot pin, manipulating the assembly tool to operably engage the pivot pin with the component, and manipulating the assembly tool to apply stress to the frangible connection to break-off the pivot pin (or portion thereof) from the assembly tool along the frangible connection.

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