Surgical device having multiple drivers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7963433
SERIAL NO

12235362

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A surgical device is provided, the surgical device including a first driver for performing a first movement function; a second driver for performing a second movement function; a first rotatable drive shaft configured, upon actuation, to cause selective engagement of one of the first and second drivers with a second rotatable drive shaft, wherein the second rotatable drive shaft is configured to drive the selectively engaged one of the first and second drivers. Third and fourth drivers may also be included. The drivers may function to rotate a shaft portion of the surgical device relative to, and about the longitudinal axis of, a handle; move a jaw portion relative to the shaft portion; move a first jaw relative to a second jaw; and/or move a surgical member within the second jaw.

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  • COVIDIEN LP

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Datcuk, Peter Quakertown, US 29 18932
Malinouskas, Donald Monroe, US 53 32760
Nicholas, David Trumbull, US 73 23006
Whitman, Michael P New Hope, US 163 126413

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