US 12,343,043 B2
Robotically and manually operable uterine manipulators
Scott J. Prior, Branford, CT (US); Zachary Traina, Verona, NJ (US); Arvind Rajagopalan Mohan, Dracut, MA (US); Nikolai D. Begg, Wellesley, MA (US); and Kevin R. Slisz, Elkton, FL (US)
Assigned to Coviden LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/483,807.
Application 18/483,807 is a continuation of application No. 17/172,222, filed on Feb. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,806,048.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/987,393, filed on Mar. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032967 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/42 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/4241 (2013.01) [A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00424 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A uterine manipulator, comprising:
a housing;
a shaft extending distally from the housing;
a tip hub pivotably coupled to a distal end portion of the shaft;
an articulation assembly disposed within the housing and including a drive cable operably coupled to the tip hub, the drive cable configured to pivot the tip hub relative to the shaft upon actuation of the articulation assembly; and
a handle pivotably coupled to the housing and movable between an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration to facilitate storage of the handle within a recess defined in the housing such that the handle can be selectively folded in the recess in a non-protruding manner relative to the housing, the handle operably coupled to the drive cable, the handle configured to be manually gripped by a user in the unfolded configuration and rotated radially relative to the housing which, in turn, correspondingly articulates the tip hub relative to the shaft.