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Patent · US9456863B2 · B2 · US

Surgical instrument with switch activation control

(11) Publication number
US9456863B2
(21) Application number
14/105,374
(22) Filing date
2013-12-13
(30) Priority date
2013-03-11
(43) Publication date
2016-10-04
(45) Date of grant
2016-10-04
(51) IPC
A61B 17/28; A61B 18/14
(52) CPC
  • A61B Diagnosis; surgery; identification: 18/1445, 17/282, 18/1206, 2018/00607, 2018/00916, 2018/1455
(73) Assignee
Covidien LP
(72) Inventors
Tony Moua
(54) Title
Surgical instrument with switch activation control
(57) Abstract

A surgical instrument includes a housing and an elongated shaft operably coupled to an actuating mechanism moveable between an actuated position and an unactuated position. An end effector includes a pair of opposing first and second jaw members and is adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy. A switch is moveable between an activated position to initiate delivery of electrosurgical energy to the end effector and a deactivated position to terminate delivery of electrosurgical energy to the end effector. A switch activation member is configured to move the switch between an activated position and a deactivated position. A switch control member is configured to maintain the switch in the activated position during at least partial movement of the actuating mechanism from the actuated position to the unactuated position.

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Claims (12)

  1. A surgical instrument, comprising: a housing including an elongated shaft extending therefrom, the elongated shaft having a longitudinal axis defined therethrough; a movable handle operably coupled to the elongated shaft and moveable relative to the housing between an actuated position and an unactuated position to selectively move the elongated shaft along the longitudinal axis; an end effector including a pair of opposing first and second jaw members movable relative to each other from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween upon movement of the elongated shaft along the longitudinal axis, the end effector adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy for conducting electrosurgical energy through tissue grasped between the jaw members to effect a tissue seal; a switch supported by the housing and moveable between an activated position to initiate delivery of electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical energy source to the end effector and a deactivated position to terminate delivery of electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical energy source to the end effector; a switch activation member disposed on the movable handle and configured to move the switch to the activated position upon movement of the movable handle to the actuated position and to the deactivated position upon movement of the movable handle to the unactuated position; and a switch control member disposed on the movable handle and biased into engagement with the switch by the switch activation member upon movement of the movable handle to the actuated position, wherein the switch control member is configured to maintain a force on the switch to maintain the switch in the activated position during at least partial movement of the movable handle from the actuated position to the unactuated position.
  2. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, further comprising a knife blade supported in the elongated shaft and moveable in a longitudinal direction through a knife channel defined along a length of at least one of the jaw members to cut tissue disposed between the jaw members.
  3. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the switch is operably coupled to a depressible button extending from the housing and configured to be selectively engaged by the switch control member upon movement of the movable handle to the actuated position.
  4. The surgical instrument according to claim 3, wherein the switch control member includes a button activation post configured to engage the depressible button upon movement of the movable handle to the actuated position.
  5. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the second jaw member is mechanically coupled to a distal end of the elongated shaft and the first jaw member is configured to move relative to the second jaw member.
  6. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the switch control member comprises a leaf spring extending from the movable handle.
  7. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, further comprising a stationary actuation member axially disposed within the elongated shaft, the stationary actuation member including a cam pin mechanically coupled to a distal portion of the elongated shaft, wherein at least one of the first or second jaw members includes a camming slot configured to engage the cam pin to move the at least one movable jaw member about a pivot between the first position and the second position upon movement of the elongated shaft along the longitudinal axis relative to the stationary actuation member.
  8. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the jaw members includes an electrical insulator coupled thereto.
  9. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, further comprising an electrically conductive tissue sealing surface extending along a length of at least one jaw member and adapted to connect to the source of electrosurgical energy.
  10. A surgical instrument, comprising: a housing; an elongated shaft extending from the housing and having a longitudinal axis defined therethrough; a movable handle operably coupled to the elongated shaft and moveable relative to the housing between an actuated position and an unactuated position to selectively move the elongated shaft along the longitudinal axis; an end effector including a pair of opposing first and second jaw members movable relative to each other from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween upon movement of the elongated shaft along the longitudinal axis, and the end effector adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy for conducting electrosurgical energy through tissue grasped between the jaw members to effect a tissue seal; a switch supported by the housing and moveable between an activated position to initiate delivery of electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical energy source to the end effector and a deactivated position to terminate delivery of electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical energy source to the end effector; a switch activation member disposed on the movable handle and configured to move the switch to the activated position upon movement of the movable handle to the actuated position and to the deactivated position upon movement of the movable handle to the unactuated position; a switch control member disposed on the movable handle and biased into engagement with the switch by the switch activation member upon movement of the movable handle to the actuated position, wherein the switch control member is configured to maintain a force on the switch to maintain the switch in the activated position during at least partial movement of the movable handle from the actuated position to the unactuated position; and a knife blade supported in the elongated shaft and moveable in a longitudinal direction through a knife channel defined along a length of at least one of the jaw members to cut tissue disposed between the jaw members.
  11. The surgical instrument according to claim 10, wherein the switch is operably coupled to a depressible button extending from the housing, the depressible button configured to be selectively engaged by the switch control member upon movement of the movable handle to the actuated position.
  12. The surgical instrument according to claim 11, wherein the switch control member is disposed between the depressible button and the switch activation member.

Description

1. Technical Field

The present disclosure relates generally to the field of surgical instruments. In particular, the present disclosure relates to an endoscopic electrosurgical forceps that includes a system and method for controlling the activation and deactivation of treatment energy.

2. Background of Related Art

Instruments such as electrosurgical forceps are commonly used in open and endoscopic surgical procedures to coagulate, cauterize and seal tissue. Such forceps typically include a pair of jaws that can be controlled by a surgeon to grasp targeted tissue, such as, e.g., a blood vessel. The jaws may be approximated to apply a mechanical clamping force to the tissue, and are associated with at least one electrode to permit the delivery of electrosurgical energy to the tissue. The combination of the mechanical clamping force and the electrosurgical energy has been demonstrated to join adjacent layers of tissue captured between the jaws. When the adjacent layers of tissue include the walls of a blood vessel, sealing the tissue may result in hemostasis, which may facilitate the transection of the sealed tissue. A detailed discussion of the use of an electrosurgical forceps may be found in U.S. Pat. No. 7,255,697 to Dycus et al.

A bipolar electrosurgical forceps typically includes opposed electrodes disposed on clamping faces of the jaws. The electrodes are charged to opposite electrical potentials such that an electrosurgical current may be selectively transferred through tissue grasped between the electrodes.

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  "abstract": "A surgical instrument includes a housing and an elongated shaft operably coupled to an actuating mechanism moveable between an actuated position and an unactuated position. An end effector includes a pair of opposing first and second jaw members and is adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy. A switch is moveable between an activated position to initiate delivery of electrosurgical energy to the end effector and a deactivated position to terminate delivery of electrosurgical energy to the end effector. A switch activation member is configured to move the switch between an activated position and a deactivated position. A switch control member is configured to maintain the switch in the activated position during at least partial movement of the actuating mechanism from the actuated position to the unactuated position.",
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    "1. A surgical instrument, comprising: a housing including an elongated shaft extending therefrom, the elongated shaft having a longitudinal axis defined therethrough; a movable handle operably coupled to the elongated shaft and moveable relative to the housing between an actuated position and an unactuated position to selectively move the elongated shaft along the longitudinal axis; an end effector including a pair of opposing first and second jaw members movable relative to each other from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween upon movement of the elongated shaft along the longitudinal axis, the end effector adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy for conducting electrosurgical energy through tissue grasped between the jaw members to effect a tissue seal; a switch supported by the housing and moveable between an activated position to initiate delivery of electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical energy source to the end effector and a deactivated position to terminate delivery of electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical energy source to the end effector; a switch activation member disposed on the movable handle and configured to move the switch to the activated position upon movement of the movable handle to the actuated position and to the deactivated position upon movement of the movable handle to the unactuated position; and a switch control member disposed on the movable handle and biased into engagement with the switch by the switch activation member upon movement of the movable handle to the actuated position, wherein the switch control member is configured to maintain a force on the switch to maintain the switch in the activated position during at least partial movement of the movable handle from the actuated position to the unactuated position.",
    "2. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, further comprising a knife blade supported in the elongated shaft and moveable in a longitudinal direction through a knife channel defined along a length of at least one of the jaw members to cut tissue disposed between the jaw members.",
    "3. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the switch is operably coupled to a depressible button extending from the housing and configured to be selectively engaged by the switch control member upon movement of the movable handle to the actuated position.",
    "4. The surgical instrument according to claim 3, wherein the switch control member includes a button activation post configured to engage the depressible button upon movement of the movable handle to the actuated position.",
    "5. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the second jaw member is mechanically coupled to a distal end of the elongated shaft and the first jaw member is configured to move relative to the second jaw member.",
    "6. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the switch control member comprises a leaf spring extending from the movable handle.",
    "7. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, further comprising a stationary actuation member axially disposed within the elongated shaft, the stationary actuation member including a cam pin mechanically coupled to a distal portion of the elongated shaft, wherein at least one of the first or second jaw members includes a camming slot configured to engage the cam pin to move the at least one movable jaw member about a pivot between the first position and the second position upon movement of the elongated shaft along the longitudinal axis relative to the stationary actuation member.",
    "8. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the jaw members includes an electrical insulator coupled thereto.",
    "9. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, further comprising an electrically conductive tissue sealing surface extending along a length of at least one jaw member and adapted to connect to the source of electrosurgical energy.",
    "10. A surgical instrument, comprising: a housing; an elongated shaft extending from the housing and having a longitudinal axis defined therethrough; a movable handle operably coupled to the elongated shaft and moveable relative to the housing between an actuated position and an unactuated position to selectively move the elongated shaft along the longitudinal axis; an end effector including a pair of opposing first and second jaw members movable relative to each other from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween upon movement of the elongated shaft along the longitudinal axis, and the end effector adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy for conducting electrosurgical energy through tissue grasped between the jaw members to effect a tissue seal; a switch supported by the housing and moveable between an activated position to initiate delivery of electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical energy source to the end effector and a deactivated position to terminate delivery of electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical energy source to the end effector; a switch activation member disposed on the movable handle and configured to move the switch to the activated position upon movement of the movable handle to the actuated position and to the deactivated position upon movement of the movable handle to the unactuated position; a switch control member disposed on the movable handle and biased into engagement with the switch by the switch activation member upon movement of the movable handle to the actuated position, wherein the switch control member is configured to maintain a force on the switch to maintain the switch in the activated position during at least partial movement of the movable handle from the actuated position to the unactuated position; and a knife blade supported in the elongated shaft and moveable in a longitudinal direction through a knife channel defined along a length of at least one of the jaw members to cut tissue disposed between the jaw members.",
    "11. The surgical instrument according to claim 10, wherein the switch is operably coupled to a depressible button extending from the housing, the depressible button configured to be selectively engaged by the switch control member upon movement of the movable handle to the actuated position.",
    "12. The surgical instrument according to claim 11, wherein the switch control member is disposed between the depressible button and the switch activation member."
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