Surgical instrument with rotatable front housing and latch mechanism

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4471781
SERIAL NO

06345307

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A structure is provided for accommodating the rotation of a front housing of an instrument to a selected position relative to the rear housing of the instrument to permit an operating member in the front housing to be located in a desired orientation. The front housing has an annular portion in which a cylindrical portion of the rear housing is received to permit the two housings to be rotated relative to each other about a common longitudinal axis. The front housing annular portion defines a plurality of bores arranged at selected azimuthal locations about the axis of rotation and the rear housing carries a reciprocative engaging member adapted to be moved partially into one of the bores to lock the two housings in a selected relative orientation.

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ETHICON INC A CORP OF NJSOMERVILLE NJ

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Di, Giovanni John Irvington, NJ 8 6221
Dorband, Glen C Somerville, NJ 6 3241
Golden, Donald M Cherry Hill, NJ 14 10788
McVay, William P Clearwater, FL 13 8397

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