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Surgical instruments facilitating replacement of disposable components and/or sterilization of reusable components

An appliance, surgical technology, applied in the field of surgical instruments

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-08-01
COVIDIEN LP
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However, although reusable and partially reusable surgical instruments are cost-effective, the requirements for these reusable and partially reusable surgical instruments present significant design challenges

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[0034] Turning to FIGS. 1A-8D , endoscopic surgical forceps arranged in accordance with the present disclosure are generally identified by the reference numeral 10 . As described in more detail below, tweezers 10 are configured for selective disassembly to facilitate replacement of any disposable component (or components) of tweezers 10 and / or any reusability of tweezers 10 Sterilization of a component (or components). The selective detachment of forceps 10 also enables customization: allowing the user to select a particular component or components for use in accordance with the particular surgical procedure to be performed, the patient's anatomy or state, the surgeon's preference, and / or other factors. use. Although described in detail herein with respect to tweezers 10, aspects and features of the present disclosure are equally applicable to use with any suitable surgical implement including disposable, reusable and / or replaceable components.

[0035]Referring to FIGS. 1A-...

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A surgical end effector assembly (100) includes a pair of jaw members (110, 120), a knife (170) defining a longitudinal slot (172), a pivot pin (101) coupling the jaw members (110, 120) to one another, and a drive member (160) including a drive pin (161) that is engaged to the jaw members (110, 120). The pivot pin (101) and / or the drive pin (161) extends through the longitudinal slot (172) of the knife (170) to couple the knife (170) to the jaw members (110, 120) and / or the drive member (160). The surgical end effector assembly (100) is transitionable between a use position, wherein the knife (170) and drive member (160) are generally aligned with one another to facilitate releasable engagement of the surgical end effector assembly (100) with a surgical instrument, and a cleaning position, wherein the jaw members (110, 120), knife (170), and drive member (160) are fanned apart from one another to facilitate cleaning of the surgical end effector assembly (100). Methods of disengaging and sterilizing end effector assemblies for reuse are also provided.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates generally to surgical instruments, and more particularly, to surgical instruments that are detachable to facilitate replacement of any disposable component (or components) of the surgical instrument and / or any reusable component (or components) of the surgical instrument parts) for re-use. Background technique [0002] Typically, surgical instruments are classified as disposable (e.g., instruments that are discarded after a single use), partially reusable, or recyclable (e.g., include disposable Utensils that use reusable parts that can be sterilized), or reusable (for example, utensils that can be completely sterilized for repeated use). As can be appreciated, reusable and partially reusable surgical instruments help reduce the costs associated with the particular surgical procedure for which the surgical instrument is used. However, while reusable and partially reusable surgical instruments are cost effective, the req...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B18/12
CPCA61B2017/2931A61B2018/00607A61B2018/00791A61B2018/00875A61B2018/0097A61B2018/1455A61B2018/1495A61B34/35A61B34/76A61B2090/0813A61B18/1445A61B17/29A61B2018/00184
Inventor 丁伟江刘凯
Owner COVIDIEN LP
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