US 12,268,391 B2
Advancing a toothed rack of a surgical handle assembly
Gonen Somekh, Kerem Maharal (IL); Anton Agafonov, Haifa (IL); and Andrew Marecki, West Boylston, MA (US)
Assigned to Lexington Medical, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed by Lexington Medical, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/129,317.
Application 18/129,317 is a continuation of application No. 17/113,865, filed on Dec. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,617,583, issued on Apr. 4, 2023.
Application 17/113,865 is a continuation of application No. 16/249,520, filed on Jan. 16, 2019, granted, now 10,856,871, issued on Dec. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0233207 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/07207 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2923 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2925 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical handle assembly apparatus, comprising:
a toothed rack;
a movable handle member;
a driving pawl configured to engage the toothed rack and advance the toothed rack in a linear distal direction in response to the movable handle member advancing in a proximal direction;
a latch configured to engage the toothed rack and advance the toothed rack in a linear proximal direction in response to the movable handle member advancing in a distal direction; and
a disengagement mechanism configured to contact the driving pawl to disengage the driving pawl and the latch from the toothed rack.