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Electrosurgery actuator

  • US 9,433,460 B2
  • Filed: 05/30/2015
  • Issued: 09/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for selectively actuating a heating current conductible from a generator to forceps, comprising:

  • an actuator assembly having a tool portion containing an output receptacle, and a generator portion containing an input plug and an actuating component, the actuator assembly further comprising a longitudinal axis defined by a line extending, when the forceps are connected to the output receptacle, from a proximal end of the forceps to a distal end between two elongated conducting members of the forceps;

    the output receptacle configured to receive a complementary tool plug of the forceps;

    the input plug configured for mating with a generator receptacle, the input plug configured to receive the heating current from the generator; and

    the actuating component having a hard electrical switch and a lever arm, the lever arm having a first end and a second end, the first end of the lever arm adjacent to the generator portion of the actuator assembly, the second end of the lever arm extending towards a heating end of the forceps, a portion of the lever arm between the first end and the second end configured to engage the hard electrical switch upon displacement of the lever arm in a direction toward the longitudinal axis, and the actuating component being configured to communicate with the generator to selectively actuate the heating current to flow from the input plug to the output receptacle upon engagement of the hard electrical switch by the lever arm;

    the hard electrical switch connecting the actuator assembly to the generator; and

    a jumper cord connecting the tool portion of the actuator assembly to the generator portion of the actuator assembly, the jumper cord separating and providing conduction between the input plug and the output receptacle.

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