Russell E. Ahlberg,Scott V. Taylor,David T. Okihisa,Gregory I Bak-Boychuk,Emil Karapetian,John Stout
申请号:
US12359836
公开号:
US08545534B2
申请日:
2009.01.26
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
A surgical instrument comprising an elongate tube extending along an axis includes an actuation mechanism a first jaw spine and a second jaw spine the second jaw spine pivotally connected to the first jaw spine at a common pivot pin to open and close the jaw spines in response to movement of the actuation mechanism. The jaw spines can be formed of a metallic material and are overmolded with an atraumatic plastic material. By overmolding the plastic onto the metal spine, an atraumatic outer surface can be formed of the plastic material along with a high degree of detail.