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US 2024/0173091 A1Published application
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.
Claims18
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 and a stem at the proximal end;
- a medial component and a lateral component, the stem 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,
- fixing the first distal jaw member to a first lateral component and a first medial component such that the first stem is captured between the first medial component and the first lateral component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.