IP Library Granted Patent US 10,420,548
Granted Patent B2
US 10,420,548 · App. 15/053,335 · Granted Sep 24, 2019

Surgical device having multiple drivers

Inventors: Michael P. Whitman (New Hope, PA); Donald Malinouskas (Monroe, CT); Peter Datcuk (Quakerstown, PA); David Nicholas (Trumbull, CT)
Assignee: Covidien LP
A61B17/068A61B17/072A61B17/07207A61B90/98A61B2017/00398A61B2017/00464A61B2017/00734A61B2017/07214A61B2017/2923A61B2017/2926A61B2017/2943
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Patent No.
US 10,420,548
App. No.
15/053,335
Granted
Sep 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surgical device is provided, the surgical device including a first driver for performing a first movement function; a second driver for performing a second movement function; a first rotatable drive shaft configured, upon actuation, to cause selective engagement of one of the first and second drivers with a second rotatable drive shaft, wherein the second rotatable drive shaft is configured to drive the selectively engaged one of the first and second drivers. Third and fourth drivers may also be included. The drivers may function to rotate a shaft portion of the surgical device relative to, and about the longitudinal axis of, a handle; move a jaw portion relative to the shaft portion; move a first jaw relative to a second jaw; and/or move a surgical member within the second jaw.

Claims (12)

1. A surgical device, comprising:

a first driver for performing a first movement function;

a second driver for performing a second movement function;

a first rotatable drive shaft; and

a second rotatable drive shaft,

wherein the first rotatable shaft is movable to engage one of the first driver or the second driver with the second rotatable drive shaft, such that the second rotatable drive shaft drives the one of the first driver or the second driver engaged by the first rotatable drive shaft.

2. The surgical device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first motor coupled to the first rotatable drive shaft, the first motor configured to rotate the first rotatable drive shaft.

3. The surgical device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a function selection module movable by the first rotatable shaft to engage one of the first driver or the second driver.

4. The surgical device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second motor coupled to the second rotatable drive shaft, the second motor configured to rotate the second rotatable drive shaft.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2016
From: WHITMAN, MICHAEL P.; MALINOUSKAS, DONALD; DATCUK, PETER; NICHOLAS, DAVID
To: POWER MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 037829/0226 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 25, 2016
From: POWER MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS, INC.
To: POWER MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 037829/0304 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2016
From: POWER MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS, LLC
To: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP
Reel/Frame 037829/0469 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 25, 2016
From: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP
To: COVIDIEN LP
Reel/Frame 037919/0252 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 14694204 · Apr 23, 2015
Division 12235362 · Sep 22, 2008
Provisional Application 60974267 · Sep 21, 2007
Related Publication 20160183938A1 · Jun 30, 2016
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