US 12,144,512 B2
Footswitch for controlling surgical instruments and related accessories
Aaron Levi Hoffmann, Plainwell, MI (US); and John Andrew Snodgrass, Plainwell, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/534,497.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/118,174, filed on Nov. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0160372 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. H01H 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); H01H 21/26 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1626 (2013.01) [A61B 17/15 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00137 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00973 (2013.01); H01H 21/26 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical footswitch for controlling a surgical instrument, the surgical footswitch comprising:
a base having a bottom surface for resting on a floor surface and a top surface opposite the bottom surface;
a treadle disposed above the top surface of the base, the treadle comprising a treadle body having a first end rotatably coupled to the base and a second end opposite the first end, and the treadle body rotatable about a treadle axis; and
a foot guard comprising,
a blocking portion coupled to the base and movable to a first position in which physical access to the treadle body in a lateral direction is prevented and a second position in which physical access to the treadle body in the lateral direction is permitted, and
a floor engagement portion extending from the blocking portion, the floor engagement portion configured to engage the floor surface when the blocking portion is in the first position, and the floor engagement portion configured to be spaced from the floor surface when the blocking portion is in the second position, and the floor engagement portion configured to permit physical access to the treadle body in a longitudinal direction when the blocking portion is in both the first position and the second position.