US 11,986,216 B2
Uterine manipulator with adjustable cervical cup
Scott J. Prior, Branford, CT (US); Danial P. Ferreira, Milford, CT (US); and Paul C. DiCesare, Easton, CT (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/165,042.
Application 17/165,042 is a continuation of application No. 16/030,888, filed on Jul. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,912,586.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/541,997, filed on Aug. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0153900 A1, May 27, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/42 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/4241 (2013.01) [A61B 17/42 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00557 (2013.01); A61B 2017/4225 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cervical cup assembly comprising:
a cervical cup defining a longitudinal axis, the cervical cup including a body having a base member and a plurality of slats coupled to the base member, the body having an outer surface and an inner surface, each slat of the plurality of slats engaged with at least one adjacent slat of the plurality of slats; and
an actuator having a circular configuration, the actuator movable along one of the outer or inner surfaces of the body to move the cervical cup between a minimum diameter configuration and a maximum diameter configuration,
wherein each of the plurality of slats includes first and second side walls, each of the first side walls defining cutouts and each of the second side walls including fingers, each of the fingers of each of the plurality of slats received in a respective one of the cutouts of one of the adjacent slats of the plurality of slats to guide movement of the slats between the minimum diameter configuration and the maximum diameter configuration.