US 12,484,926 B2
Surgical instruments, systems, and methods incorporating an offset end effector
David J. Van Tol, Boulder, CO (US); Michael B. Lyons, Boulder, CO (US); Kenneth E. Netzel, Loveland, CO (US); Dylan R. Kingsley, Broomfield, CO (US); and Zachary S. Heiliger, Nederland, CO (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Appl. No. 18/559,984
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
PCT Filed May 2, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/054034
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/238810, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/188,267, filed on May 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0382226 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/320092 (2013.01) [A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00353 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00411 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00738 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320071 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320075 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320094 (2017.08)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical system, comprising;
an elongated assembly;
at least one articulation joint defined in the elongated assembly, the elongated assembly configured to articulate about the at least one articulation joint, the at least one articulation joint defining a central axis therethrough and a distal side portion;
an offsetting member extending from the distal side portion of the articulation joint;
an end effector supported by the offsetting member, the end effector including a blade and a jaw member movable relative to the blade between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for clamping tissue therebetween, wherein the offsetting member is configured to offset the end effector with respect to the central axis of the at least one articulation joint; and
an actuation cable extending through the at least one articulation joint, wherein the actuation cable is operably coupled to the jaw member to pivot the jaw member with respect to the blade between the spaced-apart position and the approximated position.