Handheld surgical handle assembly, surgical adapters for use between surgical handle assembly and surgical end effectors, and methods of use
US9597104B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 2, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H2025/2043
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a surgical device including an adapter assembly for selectively interconnecting an end effector and the device housing. The adapter assembly includes at least one drive converter assembly that converts and transmits a rotation of the rotatable drive shaft to an axial translation of at least one axially translatable drive member of the end effector. A first drive converter assembly includes a first drive element, a nut, an articulation sleeve, an articulation bearing, and an articulation link. Rotation of the rotatable drive shaft results in rotation of the first drive element. Rotation of the first drive element results in axial translation of the nut, the articulation sleeve, the articulation bearing, the articulation link, and the at least one axially translatable drive member of the end effector.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.