IP Library Granted Patent US 12,295,641
Granted Patent B2
US 12,295,641 · App. 17/360,281 · Granted May 13, 2025

Electrosurgical forceps with swivel action nerve probe

Inventor: Craig V. Krastins (Arvada, CO)
Assignee: Covidien LP
A61B18/1445A61B18/1206A61B2018/00184A61B2018/00434A61B2018/00601A61B2018/1475
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Patent No.
US 12,295,641
App. No.
17/360,281
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrosurgical forceps includes first and second shaft members each having a jaw member disposed at a distal end thereof and configured to rotate about a pivot to move the jaw members between an open position and a closed position, the first and second shaft members defining a longitudinal axis therebetween. A nerve monitoring probe is operably associated with one of the shaft members and is selectively movable relative to the longitudinal axis between a first, at rest position wherein the nerve monitoring probe is aligned with the longitudinal axis and a second, deployed position wherein the nerve monitoring probe is positioned at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis for nerve monitoring.

Claims (16)

1. An electrosurgical forceps, comprising:

first and second shaft members each having a jaw member disposed at a distal end thereof, the first and second shaft members configured to rotate about a first pivot to move the jaw members between an open position and a closed position, the first and second shaft members defining a longitudinal axis therebetween; and

a nerve monitoring probe having a housing and a monitoring portion, the housing operably coupled to a first shaft member about a second pivot proximal to the first pivot, the nerve monitoring probe selectively movable relative to the longitudinal axis between a first, at rest position wherein the nerve monitoring probe is aligned with the longitudinal axis and a second, deployed position wherein the nerve monitoring probe is positioned at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis for nerve monitoring.

2. The electrosurgical forceps according to claim 1 wherein the nerve monitoring probe is automatically activated when disposed in the deployed position.

3. The electrosurgical forceps according to claim 1 wherein the nerve monitoring probe is adapted to connect to an electrosurgical generator including a nerve monitoring system.

4. The electrosurgical forceps according to claim 1 wherein the nerve monitoring probe is adapted to connect to a nerve monitoring system.

5. The electrosurgical forceps according to claim 1 wherein the nerve monitoring probe is only activatable when the jaw members are disposed in an approximated position that activates a switch assembly.

6. The electrosurgical forceps according to claim 1 wherein the nerve monitoring probe is only activatable when the jaw members are disposed in an open position.

7. The electrosurgical forceps according to claim 1 wherein the nerve monitoring probe is only activatable when an activation button is inactive.

8. The electrosurgical forceps according to claim 1 wherein the nerve monitoring probe is housed within a cavity defined within the first shaft member.

9. The electrosurgical forceps according to claim 1 wherein the nerve monitoring probe is disposed adjacent the at least one shaft member when disposed in the at rest position.

10. The electrosurgical forceps according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a trigger configured to move a knife between a retracted position relative to the jaw members to an extended position between the jaw members to cut tissue disposed therebetween.

11. The electrosurgical forceps according to claim 10 wherein the trigger moves in a linear fashion along the longitudinal axis to move the knife between positions.

12. The electrosurgical forceps according to claim 10 wherein the nerve monitoring probe is only deployable when the knife is disposed in a retracted position.

13. The electrosurgical forceps according to claim 10 wherein the nerve monitoring probe is only activatable when the knife is disposed in a retracted position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2021
From: KRASTINS, CRAIG V.
To: COVIDIEN LP
Reel/Frame 056714/0484 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63046861 · Jul 1, 2020
Related Publication 20220000541A1 · Jan 6, 2022
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