Inventors:
Greg Furnish - Louisville KY, US
Eric Bielefeld - New Albany IN, US
Edwin Bon - Floyds Knobs IN, US
Eric Taylor - East Hampton CT, US
Peter Hathaway - Lebanon CT, US
Matthew Chowaniec - Middletown CT, US
Assignee:
Covidien LP - Mansfield MA
International Classification:
A61B 17/94
Abstract:
A handle assembly for operating an articulatable surgical instrument is provided and includes a housing; an actuation shaft translatably and rotatably supported in the housing; a first trigger supported on the housing and connected to the actuation shaft, the first trigger being configured to translate the actuation shaft to operate a first function of the surgical instrument; a second trigger supported on the housing and connected to the actuation shaft, the second trigger being configured to rotate the actuation shaft to operate a second function of the surgical instrument; and a second-trigger release supported in the housing, the second-trigger release having a first position blocking actuation of the second trigger and a second position permitting actuation of the second trigger, where the second-trigger release is actuated from the first position to the second position upon and complete actuation of the first trigger.