Invention Application
- Patent Title: STAPLE PUSHER WITH LOST MOTION BETWEEN RAMPS
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Application No.: US15772528Application Date: 2016-10-28
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Publication No.: US20190076142A1Publication Date: 2019-03-14
- Inventor: Matthew A. Wixey
- Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- International Application: PCT/US2016/059552 WO 20161028
- Main IPC: A61B17/072
- IPC: A61B17/072 ; A61B34/37

Abstract:
A drive shuttle is provided that includes a leader ramp mount that includes a longitudinal first axis; a first leader ramp that depends from (i.e. that physically couples to) a first side of the leader ramp mount; a pusher protrusion that depends from a second side of the leader ramp mount; a follower ramp mount; a follower protrusion that depends from the follower ramp mount; a first follower ramp that depends from the follower protrusion; wherein the first leader ramp, the pusher protrusion, the first follower ramp and the follower protrusion are disposed in relation to each another such that, in the first configuration, the pusher protrusion is spaced apart longitudinally from the follower protrusion by an offset amount and the first leader ramp is aligned longitudinally with the first follower ramp; and in the second configuration, the pusher protrusion contacts the follower protrusion and the first leader ramp is spaced apart longitudinally from the first follower ramp by the offset amount.
Public/Granted literature
- US10772630B2 Staple pusher with lost motion between ramps Public/Granted day:2020-09-15
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