US 12,268,412 B2
Surgical instrument with suction control
Tejas Satish Inamdar, San Francisco, CA (US); Mireille Akilian, Candia, NH (US); and Peter Cesarini, Londonderry, NH (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/227,907.
Application 17/069,170 is a division of application No. 15/580,185, granted, now 10,799,264, issued on Oct. 13, 2020, previously published as PCT/US2016/037372, filed on Jun. 14, 2016.
Application 18/227,907 is a continuation of application No. 17/069,170, filed on Oct. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,712,262.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/181,565, filed on Jun. 18, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0371975 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/42 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/320758 (2013.01) [A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 90/03 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00455 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00469 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 17/42 (2013.01); A61B 2017/4216 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An end effector assembly of a surgical device, comprising:
a drive housing configured to releasably engage to a surgical device body; and
an insert extending distally from the drive housing, the insert configured for insertion into an internal surgical site,
wherein the drive housing includes an inner member and an outer member, the inner and outer members locked relative to one another to inhibit relative movement therebetween in a first arrangement and unlocked relative to one another to permit the relative movement therebetween in a second arrangement, and
wherein the inner and outer members transition from the first arrangement to the second arrangement upon engagement of the drive housing with the surgical device body.