Patents by Inventor RAVI SEKHAR GUTTI

RAVI SEKHAR GUTTI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Knife lockout for electrosurgical forceps
    Patent number: 10653475
    Abstract: An electrosurgical forceps includes first and second shafts configured to rotate about a pivot to move jaw members between an open position and a closed position. A knife deployment mechanism is operably coupled to a knife and is configured to move the knife between a retracted position and an extended position. A knife lockout is configured to move between a first position wherein the jaw members are in the open position and movement of the knife from the retracted position to the extended position is prevented, a second position wherein the jaw members are in the closed position and movement of the knife from the retracted position to the extended position is permitted, and a third position wherein the jaw members are in the closed position and movement of the knife from the retracted position to the extended position is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventor: Ravi Sekhar Gutti
  • KNIFE LOCKOUT FOR ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS
    Publication number: 20180353235
    Abstract: An electrosurgical forceps includes first and second shafts configured to rotate about a pivot to move jaw members between an open position and a closed position. A knife deployment mechanism is operably coupled to a knife and is configured to move the knife between a retracted position and an extended position. A knife lockout is configured to move between a first position wherein the jaw members are in the open position and movement of the knife from the retracted position to the extended position is prevented, a second position wherein the jaw members are in the closed position and movement of the knife from the retracted position to the extended position is permitted, and a third position wherein the jaw members are in the closed position and movement of the knife from the retracted position to the extended position is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: RAVI SEKHAR GUTTI