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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2015
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Kurt J. Anglese, Lafayette, CO (US);
Jason T. Sanders, Boulder, CO (US);
Dylan R. Kingsley, Broomfield, CO (US);
Gregory P. Hertrich, Longmont, CO (US);
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a housing, a rotating assembly including a rotation wheel coupled to the housing, a shaft engaged with the rotation wheel within the housing and extending distally from the housing, an end effector assembly disposed at a distal end of the shaft, a drive assembly slidably disposed within the shaft and operably coupled to the end effector assembly for manipulating the end effector assembly, a knife assembly slidably disposed within the shaft translatable relative to the end effector assembly between a retracted position and an extended position, an elongated insulative sheath slidably disposed about the shaft, and an energizable member slidably disposed within the shaft. The instrument is configured such that rotation of the rotation wheel relative to the housing similarly rotates the shaft, end effector assembly, drive assembly, knife assembly, elongated insulative sheath, and energizable member relative to the housing.