Patent ID: 11944350
Assignee: GYRUS ACMI, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A laparoscopic medical device having a drive tube, the laparoscopic medical device comprising:
a housing having a proximal portion and an elongate portion extending from the proximal portion of the housing, the proximal portion of the housing having a diameter greater than a diameter of the elongate portion of the housing;
an end effector assembly having an end effector;
a rotatable drive assembly coupled to a proximal portion of the end effector;
a knob locking assembly coupled to the rotatable drive assembly and having a lock configured to switch between a locked state in which the lock regulates movement along the housing and a released state in which the lock does not regulate movement along the housing the lock extending from the proximal portion of the housing to the elongate portion of the housing, the lock including a tab configured to lock the knob locking assembly by engaging with the drive tube when the lock is in each of either a first position or a second position;
wherein the knob locking assembly is configured to move along the housing with the rotatable drive assembly in the released state and is configured to rotate with respect to the housing with the rotatable drive assembly in the locked state.