US 12,251,115 B2
Clamp guard
Carl Gayle, Plantation, FL (US)
Assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed by MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/345,680.
Application 18/345,680 is a continuation of application No. 17/318,444, filed on May 12, 2021, granted, now 11,730,490.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/023,575, filed on May 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0122608 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/14 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/142 (2016.11) [A61B 90/03 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mounting assembly of a surgical instrument for removable coupling of a surgical accessory to the surgical instrument, wherein the mounting assembly comprises:
a support surface;
an accessory clamp disposed above the support surface, the accessory clamp configured to be movable relative to the support surface between a first position and a second position;
a clamp guard disposed between the support surface and the accessory clamp, the clamp guard including one or more surfaces that define a recess for receiving the accessory clamp, and wherein the one or more surfaces define an aperture configured to prevent accumulation of debris within the recess;
a control mechanism manipulatable by the user to move the accessory clamp between the first position and the second position; and
wherein the accessory clamp is configured to be at least partially disposed within the recess of the clamp guard when the accessory clamp is in the second position.