Matthew C. Miller;Wells D. Haberstich;Scott A. Woodruff;Kevin L. Houser;William D. Dannaher;Stephen J. Balek
发明人:
Kevin L. Houser,William D. Dannaher,Stephen J. Balek,Wells D. Haberstich,Matthew C. Miller,Scott A. Woodruff
申请号：
US13274496
公开号：
US20120116262A1
申请日:
2011.10.17
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
A surgical instrument includes a body assembly, a waveguide, a transducer, and a coupling assembly. In some versions the coupling assembly translates the transducer to couple the transducer to the waveguide. For instance, a gear having arcuate troughs may engage pins on the transducer and/or waveguide to mate the transducer to waveguide. A pawl may selectively engage and prevent rotation of the gear. Alternatively, lever arms may cam the transducer into the waveguide. The lever arms may selectively couple to a casing to prevent decoupling of the transducer and waveguide. In another configuration, a locking tab can be slid and locked into a slot to couple the transducer and waveguide. Further still, levers with self-locking pins may engage and couple the transducer to the waveguide. In another version, a rotatable body portion may engage a tab on the transducer to rotate and couple the transducer to the waveguide.
