US 12,011,208 B2
Surgical instrument
Robert F. McCullough, Jr., Boulder, CO (US); Ryan C. Artale, Crested Butte, CO (US); Robert M. Sharp, Boulder, CO (US); Tony Moua, Broomfield, CO (US); Mark J. Huseman, Broomfield, CO (US); and Audrey Earnshaw, Erie, CO (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/893,508.
Application 16/893,508 is a continuation of application No. 15/458,228, filed on Mar. 14, 2017, granted, now 10,687,886.
Application 15/458,228 is a continuation of application No. 14/196,066, filed on Mar. 4, 2014, granted, now 9,655,673, issued on May 23, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/776,136, filed on Mar. 11, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0297406 A1, Sep. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 18/1445 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/292 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00928 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1455 (2013.01); A61B 2090/031 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical instrument, comprising:
an elongated shaft defining a longitudinal axis;
a housing coupled to a proximal portion of the elongated shaft and defining a first housing portion extending along the longitudinal axis and a second housing portion extending from the first housing portion at an angle to the longitudinal axis;
an inner shaft disposed within the elongated shaft;
a pair of opposing jaw members disposed at a distal portion of the elongated shaft;
a handle disposed distal to the second housing portion and extending from the first housing portion at an angle to the longitudinal axis, the handle operably coupled to the elongated shaft and movable between a first position spaced from the second housing portion and a second position approximated with the second housing portion to move the elongated shaft relative to the inner shaft, thereby transitioning the jaw members between an open configuration and a closed configuration;
a switch disposed within the second housing portion configured to control delivery of electrosurgical energy to the jaw members; and
a button coupled to the switch and extending from the second housing portion toward the handle, the button configured to be contacted by the handle upon movement of the handle to the second position to move the button toward the second housing portion, thereby actuating the switch.