Surgical actuator and locking system
AssigneeErblan Surgical, Inc.
InventorErnesto Blanco
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Abstract
A surgical device including a cutting blade; a guard portion movable with respect to the blade from a first position covering the blade to a second position exposing the blade; an actuator shaft; a biasing element; an integrally formed locking element; and a handle having a cavity configured to receive the locking element.
Claims30
A surgical device, comprising:
- a cutting blade;
- a guard portion movable with respect to the blade from a first position covering the blade to a second position exposing the blade;
- an actuator shaft extending along an axis of the surgical device from a first end connected to the guard portion to a second end;
- a biasing element;
- an integrally formed locking element;
- and
- a handle having a cavity configured to receive the locking element.
A method of using a surgical device having a penetrator, a locking element, a locking notch and an actuation portion, and a guard portion movable with respect to said penetrator, comprising:
- depressing said actuating portion to remove a guide portion of said locking element from said locking notch;
- moving said locking element from a first position to a second position to uncover a penetrator protected by said guard portion;
- piercing a membrane of a patient with the penetrator;
- and
- moving said locking element from the second position to the first position to cover the penetrator with the guard portion.
A method of assembling a surgical device having an obturator shaft and a handle having a first and a second handle portion, comprising:
- attaching an integrally formed locking element to an obturator shaft;
- inserting a biasing element into a hub of the locking element;
- placing the locking element in said first handle portion with one end of the biasing element facing a surface of said first handle portion;
- and
- connecting said second handle portion to said first handle portion over the locking element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.