US 12,376,926 B2
Systems and instruments for tissue sealing
Daniel T. Wallace, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Benjamin L. Smith, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Travis R. Marsot, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL, Zug (CH)
Filed by Auris Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/109,151.
Application 18/109,151 is a division of application No. 16/563,480, filed on Sep. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,576,738.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/742,855, filed on Oct. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0190395 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/35 (2016.02) [A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 18/1442 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2034/305 (2016.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-functional surgical instrument, comprising:
an elongate shaft extending between a proximal end and a distal end; a wrist extending from the distal end of the elongate shaft;
an end effector extending from the wrist, the end effector comprising a first jaw and a second jaw, the first and second jaw being moveable between an open position in which ends of the jaws are separated from each other and a closed position in which the ends of the jaws are closer to each other as compared to the open position;
a first rotary cutter extending from the wrist and positioned at least partially within a recess formed in a face of the first jaw; and
the first and second rotary cutters are moveable between a first position in which ends of the first and second rotary cutters are separated from each other and a second position in which the ends of the first and second rotary cutters are closer to each other as compared to the first position; and
wherein the first rotary cutter is offset from the face of the first jaw and the second rotary cutter is offset from the face of the second jaw, such that the first and second rotary cutters remain in the first position when the first and second jaw are in the closed position; and
a second rotary cutter positioned in a recess formed in the second jaw.