Ratchet locking mechanism for surgical instruments
CA 2088869 A1 · Owner: Slater, Charles R. · Inventors: Scarfone, Frank A.; Slater, Charles R.; Murphy, Gregory J.
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Releasable ratchet mechanism for medical instruments such as endoscopic instruments are disclosed. The ratchet mechanism includes: a leaf spring with a locking barb which is located on a handle of the medical instrument; a ratchet on a lever arm of the medical instrument which lever arm is pivotally engaged to the handle; and a latch on the handle of the medical isntrument. The latch on the handle engages and resiliently deforms the leaf spring to cause engagement of the locking barb in a groove of the ratchet when the latch is in a first position. When in a second position the latch releases, the locking barb from the ratchet groove. Preferably the, locking barb has an extending edge …
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- Filed February 5, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 5, 2013.
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