US 12,465,362 B2
Medical intervention device with versatile handle
Peter Lambe, Seattle, WA (US); Winslow Harte, Kenmore, WA (US); Bryan Cabatic, Shoreline, WA (US); Razel D. Agustino, Seattle, WA (US); Adam Lee Kosky, Palm Desert, CA (US); and David Desmarais, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Olympus Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Olympus Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/802,200.
Application 18/802,200 is a continuation of application No. 18/048,521, filed on Oct. 21, 2022, granted, now 12,089,845.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/270,158, filed on Oct. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0040928 A1, Feb. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/07207 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical intervention device, comprising:
a distal end comprising a pair of jaws;
a handle operably coupled to the distal end and comprising:
a pair of pivoting finger arms each connected to the handle at a pivot point and extending proximally to at least one finger loop, the pivoting finger arms being configured for opening and closing the pair of jaws at the distal end; and
a mechanism for translating arm motion to motion of the pair of jaws wherein motion of a first finger arm of the pair of pivoting finger arms is dependent on motion of a second finger arm of the pair of pivoting finger arms.