US 11,745,031 B2
Surgical instrument with multi-functioning trigger
Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US); Benjamin M. Boyd, Fairborn, OH (US); Paul F. Riestenberg, North Bend, OH (US); Craig N. Faller, Batavia, OH (US); Allison Hamilton, Cincinnati, OH (US); Patrick J. Swindon, Santa Clara, CA (US); Christopher J. Chermside-Scabbo, St. Louis, MO (US); Kevin L. Houser, Springboro, OH (US); David J. Cagle, Cincinnati, OH (US); Geoffrey S. Strobl, Williamsburg, OH (US); Benjamin J. Danziger, Kenmore, WA (US); and Rudolph H. Nobis, Mason, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/784,428.
Application 16/784,428 is a continuation of application No. 14/972,920, filed on Dec. 17, 2015, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2020/0246642 A1, Aug. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 7/02 (2013.01) [A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00137 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00181 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00411 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320093 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320094 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320095 (2017.08); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00595 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00619 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0056 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
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1. A surgical instrument, comprising:
(a) an end effector, wherein the end effector is configured to transition from an open position toward a closed position, wherein the end effector is configured to grasp tissue in the closed position, wherein the end effector is configured to transition from an inactive state toward an active state;
(b) a handle assembly, wherein the handle assembly comprises:
(i) a body,
(ii) a trigger assembly pivotally coupled to the body, wherein the trigger assembly comprises:
(A) a first trigger configured to independently pivot from a first open position toward a first closed position in order to drive the end effector from the open position toward the closed position, respectively, and
(B) a second trigger configured to pivot from a second open position toward a second closed position, wherein the second trigger is configured to activate the end effector at a second power level while the second trigger is in the second closed position and the first trigger is in the first closed position, wherein the second trigger is configured to drive the first trigger into the first closed position while the second trigger actuates toward the second closed position,
wherein the first trigger is configured to activate the end effector at a first power level while the first trigger is in the first closed position and the second trigger is in the second open position.