US 11,864,761 B2
Surgical instrument with illumination mechanism
Rajanikanth Mandula, Hyderabad (IN); and Ravi Sekhar Gutti, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,598.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/243,798, filed on Sep. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0083097 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/07207 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical instrument, comprising:
a housing;
an elongated portion extending distally from the housing and including an outer wall;
an end effector disposed adjacent a distal portion of the elongated portion and configured to manipulate tissue; and
an illumination mechanism including:
an actuator disposed in operative engagement with the housing;
at least one light having a shell and disposed adjacent a distal portion of the elongated portion; and
at least one elongated light rod disposed in mechanical cooperation with the actuator and with the at least one light, wherein the at least one light is movable from a first position where a portion of the shell of the at least one light is flush with the outer wall of the elongated portion to a second position where the portion the shell of the at least one light is disposed at an angle relative to the outer wall of the elongated portion.