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Method for Operating a Two-Stage Switch for Surgical Device

  • US 20140236202A1
  • Filed: 03/31/2014
  • Published: 08/21/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In a surgical device having a control device and a button operatively connected to the control device, the control device operative to carry out at least two operational conditions of the surgical device, a method for operating the surgical device comprising:

  • actuating the button in a button-actuation direction from an unactuated rest point to a first actuated position at a first distance from the rest point in the button-actuation direction, the first actuated position effecting a first of the at least two operational conditions; and

    actuating the button in the button-actuation direction from the first actuated position to a second actuated position at a second distance further from the rest point in the button-actuation direction than the first distance, the second actuated position effecting a second of the at least two operational conditions different from the first operational condition.

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