Invention Application
- Patent Title: CLEANING SYSTEMS FOR REPROCESSING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
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Application No.: US15959747Application Date: 2018-04-23
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Publication No.: US20190321130A1Publication Date: 2019-10-24
- Inventor: JESSICA E.C. OLSON , JAMES D. ALLEN, IV , STEPHEN J. STAMM , PURVISHKUMAR H. SONI , ALYSSA M. SAWYER
- Applicant: COVIDIEN LP
- Main IPC: A61B90/70
- IPC: A61B90/70 ; B08B3/04

Abstract:
A cleaning fixture for a surgical instrument includes a handle receiving portion configured to receive a housing of a surgical instrument, a shaft receiving portion configured to receive a shaft and an end effector assembly of the surgical instrument, and a knife actuation assembly movably coupled to the handle receiving portion or the shaft receiving portion. The shaft receiving portion extends distally of the handle receiving portion. The knife actuation assembly is configured to selectively actuate a knife trigger assembly of the surgical instrument to advance a knife of the surgical instrument between jaw members of the end effector assembly thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US10945808B2 Cleaning systems for reprocessing surgical instruments Public/Granted day:2021-03-16
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