Title:
ARTICULATION LOCK ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOCKING AN END EFFECTOR IN AN ARTICULATED POSITION IN RESPONSE TO ACTUATION OF A JAW CLOSURE SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/118618
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A surgical instrument that includes a surgical end effector that is articulatable relative to an elongate shaft. The end effector includes a first jaw and a second jaw. The second jaw is movable between an open position and closed positions when a closure member is moved in a closing direction. An articulation lock is configured to move from a locked configuration wherein the end effector is prevented from articulating and an unlocked configuration wherein the end effector is articulatable. The articulation lock is configured to move from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration when the closure member is moved from the open position in the closing direction.
Inventors:
HUNTER MORGAN (US)
WISE AUSTIN (US)
HOFFMAN DOUGLAS (US)
SHELTON FREDERICK (US)
SCHULTZ DARWIN (US)
WISE AUSTIN (US)
HOFFMAN DOUGLAS (US)
SHELTON FREDERICK (US)
SCHULTZ DARWIN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2017/066305
Publication Date:
October 25, 2018
Filing Date:
December 14, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ETHICON LLC (US)
International Classes:
A61B17/072
Foreign References:
| US20120234893A1 | 2012-09-20 | |||
| US20130334278A1 | 2013-12-19 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SHIRTZ, Joseph, F. et al. (US)
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