Patent ID: 11864761
Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A surgical instrument, comprising:
an elongated portion including an outer wall;
an end effector disposed adjacent a distal portion of the elongated portion and configured to manipulate tissue; and
an illumination mechanism including an actuator, a plurality of lights, and a plurality of elongated light rods, each light of the plurality of lights having a shell, and each elongated light rod of the plurality of elongated light rods disposed in mechanical cooperation with the actuator and with one light of the plurality of lights, wherein movement of the actuator relative to the outer wall of the elongated portion from a first position to a second position causes the plurality of lights to turn on and causes the plurality of lights to pivot from a first position where a portion of the shell is flush with the outer wall of the elongated portion to a second position where the portion the shell is disposed at an angle relative to the outer wall of the elongated portion.