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US 12,727,955 B2Granted
Articulating surgical instrument
AssigneeKarl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorMatthew Robert Penny
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Abstract
An end effector of surgical instrument includes a distal jaw with a stem extending proximally from the distal jaw. The stem is captured between a medial component and a lateral component. An axial post integrated with the medial component extends through a collar in the step into an opening in the lateral component.
Claims16
An end effector member for a surgical instrument, the end effector member comprising:
- a jaw member having a distal end and a proximal end, a jaw surface at the distal end, a stem at the proximal end, and a collar on a proximal end of the stem, the collar having a hole therethrough;
- a medial component and a lateral component, the collar captured between the medial component and the lateral component.
A method of assembling an end effector of a surgical instrument, comprising the steps of:
- providing a first distal jaw member with a first stem extending proximally from the first distal jaw and a collar at a proximal end of the stem,
- providing a first lateral component and a first medial component;
- extending an axial post of a first one of the first medial component and the first lateral component through a hole in the collar and into a post-receiving opening in the other of the first medial component and the first lateral component;
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- fixing the first distal jaw member to the first lateral component and the first medial component such that the first stem is captured between the first medial component and the first lateral component.
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