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Adapter assembly with constant velocity joints

Grant US12582401B2 Kind: B2 Mar 24, 2026

Assignee

Covidien LP

Inventors

Joseph T. Eisinger

Abstract

A drive assembly for an adapter assembly of a surgical device includes an input shaft, a middle shaft, and an output shaft. The input shaft includes a proximal portion configured for operable engagement with a drive member of a handle assembly and a distal portion including a first castellated portion. The middle shaft includes a proximal portion having a first lobed portion in operable engagement with the first castellated portion of the input shaft, and a distal portion having a second lobed portion. The output shaft includes a proximal portion having a second castellated portion in operable engagement with the second lobed portion.

CPC Classifications

A61B 17/1155 F16D 3/30

Filing Date

2023-05-08

Application No.

18864966

Claims

18