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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2016
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Eric J. Taylor, East Hampton, CT (US);
Peter Hathaway, Lebanon, CT (US);
Matthew Chowaniec, Middletown, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A handle assembly for operating a surgical instrument is provided and includes a housing; a trigger operatively supported on the housing; and an articulation assembly supported on the housing for effectuating an articulation of an end effector operatively connected to the housing, the articulation assembly being operable to effect articulation of the end effector in a first pair of opposed directions and a second pair of opposed direction which is substantially transverse to the first pair of opposed directions.
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