Nalagatla, Anil K.,Shelton, IV, Frederick E.,Baxter, III, Chester O.,Gupta, Amit,Bhattacharya, Mayukh
申请号:
EP19220098
公开号:
EP3673837A2
申请日:
2019.12.30
申请国别(地区):
EP
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要:
A method is used to manufacture a surgical instrument configured to apply a surgical clip to a patient. The surgical instrument includes a jaw retaining assembly. The jaw retaining assembly includes a shaft and opposing first and second jaws. The method includes metal injection molding a first metallic portion of the jaw retaining assembly. The method also includes metal injection molding, stamping, and/or laser cutting a second metallic portion of the jaw retaining assembly, wherein the second metallic portion is separately formed from the first metallic portion. The method also includes fixably coupling the first and second metallic portions of the jaw retaining assembly together.