Surgical instrument
CA 2280486 A1 · Owner: Smith & Nephew, Inc. · Inventors: Lizardi, Jose; Bourque, Bernard J.
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A detachable medical instrument includes an actuator (400) and a distal , assembly (402, 404). A distal coupler (408 410) of the actuator (400), and a , proximal coupler (412) of the distal assembly (402 404) are detachably , engage. The couplers (408 410, 412) are configured to be non-fixedly engaged together when one of the couplers (254 254a) is in a first orientation. The , couplers (408 410, 412) are configured to be fixedly engaged together when one of the couplers (408, 410, 412) is moved from its first orientation to a second orientation. A method of assembling a medical instrument includes positioning the distal coupler (408, 410) in a first orientation with respect to the …
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- Filed February 6, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 6, 2018.
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