Adapter assembly for interconnecting electromechanical surgical devices and surgical loading units, and surgical systems thereof
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsEarl M. Zergiebel, David M. Chowaniec, Ryan V. Williams, Anand Subramanian
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to adapter assemblies for use with and to electrically and mechanically interconnect electromechanical surgical devices and surgical loading units, and to surgical systems including hand held electromechanical surgical devices and adapter assemblies for connecting surgical loading units to the hand held electromechanical surgical devices.
Claims17
(canceled)
An adapter assembly for selectively interconnecting a surgical loading unit that is configured to perform a function and a surgical device that is configured to actuate the loading unit, the loading unit including a plurality of axially translatable drive members, and the surgical device including a plurality of rotatable drive shafts, the adapter assembly comprising:
- a plurality of force/rotation transmitting/converting assemblies, each of the plurality of force/rotation transmitting/converting assemblies configured for interconnecting a respective one of the plurality of rotatable drive shafts of the surgical device and a respective one of the plurality of axially translatable drive members of the loading unit, wherein each of the plurality of force/rotation transmitting/converting assemblies includes:
- a proximal rotation receiving member that is connectable to the respective one of the plurality of rotatable drive shafts of the surgical device, each of the proximal rotation receiving members being arranged in a common plane with one another;
- wherein the plurality of force/rotation transmitting/converting assemblies converts and transmits a rotation of the respective one of the plurality of rotatable drive shafts of the surgical device to an axial translation of the respective one of the plurality of axially translatable drive members of the loading unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.