US 12,137,907 B2
Surgical stapler handle assembly having actuation mechanism with longitudinally rotatable shaft
Atal C. Patel, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Jonathan Covach, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Christina N. Reed, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US); Gary M. Johnson, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); and Matthew M. Becerra, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Assigned to Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US)
Filed by Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/494,610.
Application 18/494,610 is a continuation of application No. 17/980,395, filed on Nov. 3, 2022, granted, now 11,844,491.
Application 17/980,395 is a continuation of application No. 17/141,050, filed on Jan. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,529,141, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Application 17/141,050 is a continuation of application No. 16/789,152, filed on Feb. 12, 2020, granted, now 10,912,565, issued on Feb. 9, 2021.
Application 16/789,152 is a continuation of application No. 15/598,458, filed on May 18, 2017, granted, now 10,595,866, issued on Mar. 24, 2020.
Application 15/598,458 is a continuation of application No. 14/213,493, filed on Mar. 14, 2014, granted, now 9,668,732, issued on Jun. 6, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/794,700, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0050092 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/07207 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A handle assembly for a surgical stapler, the handle assembly comprising:
a housing;
a movable handle pivotably coupled to the housing and movable from an open position to a closed position; and
an actuation mechanism comprising:
a forward driver movable by the movable handle;
a reverse driver;
an idler coupling the forward driver to the reverse driver; and
an actuation shaft having a longitudinal axis, the actuation shaft being longitudinally slidable relative to the housing and selectively rotatable about the longitudinal axis between a first orientation and a second orientation.