Patent ID: 7364061
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical instrument, comprising: an elongate implement portion responsive to a firing motion to perform a surgical procedure; and a handle connected to the elongate implement portion, comprising: a firing mechanism operably configured to produce full travel of the firing motion between an unfired position and a fully fired position, a firing trigger engageable to the firing mechanism during a plurality of firing strokes to move the firing mechanism during a plurality of firing strokes from the unfired position toward the fully fired position, and an indicator member rotationally related to the firing mechanism to indicate the position of the firing mechanism during firing, the indicator member moveable from the unfired to the fully fired position; wherein the handle further comprises a housing and the indicator member includes a knob exposed by the housing; wherein the indicator member is disengageable from the firing mechanism during firing; wherein the indicator member comprises an indicator gear having at least one dwell area and a gear section, the gear section engageable to the firing mechanism.