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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
David J. Van Tol, Boulder, CO (US);
Anthony B. Ross, Boulder, CO (US);
Alexander M. Waskiewicz, Lafayette, CO (US);
Eric R. Larson, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 18/1447 (2013.01); A61B 18/1482 (2013.01); A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2926 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2929 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2938 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical device includes an elongated shaft having an end-effector assembly at a distal end thereof. The end-effector assembly includes movable first, second and third jaw members. The first and second jaw members controllably movable from a first position, wherein the first and second jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to the third jaw member disposed therebetween, to a second position, wherein the first, second and third jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween.