US 11,911,058 B2
Forceps drive shaft
Hanam Pham, Minneapolis, MN (US); John Mensch, Plymouth, MN (US); Zane R. Ward, Minneapolis, MN (US); Theodore C. Blus, Arden Hills, MN (US); Jeffrey D. Holton, Stanchfield, MN (US); and Thomas J. Holman, Princeton, MN (US)
Assigned to Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Westborough, MA (US)
Filed by GYRUS ACMI, INC., Southborough, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/830,150.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/994,220, filed on Mar. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/841,476, filed on May 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,532, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,522, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0305911 A1, Oct. 1, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/285 (2006.01); B23K 26/21 (2014.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/295 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/282 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 17/2804 (2013.01); A61B 17/285 (2013.01); A61B 17/2833 (2013.01); A61B 17/2909 (2013.01); A61B 18/149 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 90/03 (2016.02); B23K 26/21 (2015.10); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 17/295 (2013.01); A61B 18/1442 (2013.01); A61B 18/1447 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2845 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2901 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2902 (2013.01); A61B 2017/292 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2903 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2908 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2912 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2916 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2917 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2919 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2925 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2926 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2933 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2936 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2945 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2946 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2947 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2948 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320052 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320095 (2017.08); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0091 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00148 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00196 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00202 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00309 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00345 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00636 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00916 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00946 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00952 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1412 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1455 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1457 (2013.01); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical forceps comprising:
a drive pin;
an outer tube defining a longitudinal axis;
a first jaw pivotably connected to the outer tube, the first jaw including a pair of flanges located at a proximal portion of the first jaw, each flange including a track receiving the drive pin;
a second jaw connected to the outer tube; and
an inner tube located within the outer tube and extending along the longitudinal axis, the inner tube including a pair of arms extending from a distal portion of the inner tube, the drive pin extending at least partially into each arm of the pair of arms, and the inner tube translatable within the outer tube to drive the drive pin along the tracks to move the second jaw between open and closed positions; and
wherein the pair of arms are located laterally outward of the pair of flanges, and wherein the pair of arms laterally overlap the pair of flanges.