Surgical instrument assembly

A surgical instrument assembly, comprising:

• a frame body;
• an input body moveable with respect to said frame body and having a first position with respect to said frame body and a second position with respect to said frame body;
• and
• a tensioning body prompted to move with respect to said frame body via said input body;
• wherein the surgical instrument assembly has a use state and a non-use state, the use state establishable when said input body is in the first position, the non-use state establishable when said input body is in the second position;
• and
• wherein, when the surgical instrument assembly is in the use state, a first tension is provided to at least one transmission cable via said tensioning body, and wherein, movement of said input body from the first position and to the second position provides a second tension to the at least one transmission cable via said tensioning body, the second tension being less than the first tension.

A surgical instrument assembly, comprising:

• a frame body;
• an input body moveable with respect to said frame body;
• and
• an indexing body prompted to move with respect to said frame body via said input body, said indexing body moveable to a plurality of indexed positions with respect to said frame body, wherein each of said plurality of indexed positions constitutes a use count of the surgical instrument assembly, advancement of said indexing body to each of said plurality of indexed positions increments the use count of the surgical instrument assembly.

A handheld surgical instrument assembly, comprising:

• a handle assembly, a frame body, a shaft body, a flush port in fluid communication with said shaft body, an end effector assembly, and at least one transmission cable extending from said handle assembly to said end effector assembly for transmitting actions to said end effector assembly;
• an input body moveable with respect to said frame body;
• an indexing body moveable with respect to said frame body, movement of said indexing body effecting a use count of the handheld surgical instrument assembly;
• a tensioning body moveable with respect to said frame body, movement of said tensioning body effecting a tension of said at least one transmission cable;
• and
• a cover body moveable with respect to said frame body, movement of said cover body effecting accessibility and inaccessibility of said flush port;
• wherein, a single user input action to said input body and movement of said input body with respect to said frame body concurrently moves said indexing body with respect to said frame body, moves said tensioning body with respect to said frame body, and moves said cover body with respect to said frame body.

A surgical instrument assembly, comprising:

• a frame body;
• an input body moveable with respect to said frame body;
• an indexing body prompted to move with respect to said frame body via said input body;
• an obsolescence body moveable with respect to said frame body and, upon movement of said obsolescence body, movement of said input body with respect to said frame body is fully constrained, wherein movement of said obsolescence body and full constraint of said input body with respect to said frame body is prompted via attainment of a final indexed position of said indexing body or via an event trigger.