Deployment mechanism for surgical instruments

An actuation assembly for a surgical instrument, comprising:

• a housing defining an arcuate surface;
• a hub disposed within the housing and selectively translatable relative to the housing along a translation axis;
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• a deployment mechanism configured to selectively translate the hub along the translation axis, the deployment mechanism including:
• an actuator movable along the arcuate surface of the housing, the arcuate surface of the housing extending in non-parallel orientation relative to the translation axis such that the actuator is movable in non-parallel orientation relative to the translation axis, the actuator operably coupled to the hub and movable along the arcuate surface of the housing between a first position and a second position to translate the hub along the translation axis.

A surgical instrument, comprising:

• an actuatable component configured to perform a surgical task;
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• an actuation assembly for selectively actuating the actuatable component, the actuation assembly including:
• a housing defining an arcuate surface;
• a hub coupled to the actuatable component, the hub disposed within the housing and selectively translatable relative to the housing along a translation axis to thereby move the actuatable component between an un-actuated position and an actuated position;
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• a deployment mechanism configured to selectively translate the hub along the translation axis, the deployment mechanism including:
• an actuator movable along the arcuate surface of the housing, the arcuate surface of the housing extending in non-parallel orientation relative to the translation axis such that the actuator is movable in non-parallel orientation relative to the translation axis, the actuator operably coupled to the hub and movable along the arcuate surface of the housing between a first position and a second position to translate the hub along the translation axis to thereby move the actuatable component between the un-actuated position and the actuated position.