Patent ID: 7870767

Claim:
A lockout device for an instrument having a body and an actuating member extending from the body for operating the instrument, the lockout device comprising: a bottom member, adapted to be positioned over the body, the bottom member including a first cinching feature and an aperture for receiving the actuating member; a cover member connectable to the bottom member for movement between a closed position and an open position, the cover member including a covering portion for covering the actuating member in the closed position, and a second cinching feature adapted to interlock with the first cinching feature in the closed position; and a flexible member having a first end connected to one of the bottom member and the cover member, wherein the bottom member and cover member are adapted to receive a cinching portion of the flexible member between the first and second cinching features; wherein one of the first and second cinching features comprises at least one pin comprising a sharpened end portion, and the other of the first and second cinching features comprises at least one corresponding recess configured to receive the at least one pin; and wherein when the flexible member is wrapped around a portion of the body and received between the first and second cinching features and the cover member is in the closed position, the first and second cinching features grip the cinching portion of the flexible member to prevent movement of the cinching portion relative to the cinching features.