US 11,986,198 B2
Forceps jaw activation
Bruce Behymer, Grant, 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. 16/829,225.
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 2020/0305956 A1, Oct. 1, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/28 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/285 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); B23K 26/21 (2014.01); A61B 17/295 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/282 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 17/2804 (2013.01); A61B 17/2833 (2013.01); A61B 17/285 (2013.01); A61B 17/2909 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 18/149 (2013.01); A61B 90/03 (2016.02); B23K 26/21 (2015.10); A61B 2017/2845 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2901 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2902 (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 2017/292 (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 17/295 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320052 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320095 (2017.08); 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 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00636 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0091 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00916 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00946 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00952 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1412 (2013.01); A61B 18/1442 (2013.01); A61B 18/1447 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1455 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1457 (2013.01); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical forceps, comprising:
an elongate outer shaft including a proximal portion and a distal portion and defining a central longitudinal axis extending along a center of a bore of the outer shaft;
an inner shaft located within the outer shaft and extending along the central longitudinal axis, the inner shaft including a projection at a distal portion of the inner shaft;
a first jaw rigidly coupled to the distal portion of the outer shaft; and
a second jaw pivotably connected to at least one of the outer shaft or the first jaw about a pivot point, the pivot point being intersected by a plane orthogonal to the central longitudinal axis and the pivot point located at a distal portion of the outer shaft, wherein the pivot point is laterally offset, in a direction away from the first jaw, from the intersection of the plane and the central longitudinal axis, the second jaw including a set of flanges located at a proximal portion of the second jaw, each flange of the set of flanges engageable with the projection of the inner shaft, the inner shaft proximally retractably translatable within the outer shaft to pivot the second jaw toward the first jaw and toward a closed position.