Advanced 3d grasper design
AssigneeCilag GmbH International
InventorsKonstantin G. ZABOTKIN, Austin WISE, Andrew Ross CONWAY
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Abstract
An end effector of a surgical tool is disclosed. The end effector includes a first jaw and a second jaw. The first jaw includes a first jaw body and first grips extending from the first jaw body. The second jaw includes a second jaw body and second grips extending from the second jaw body. The first and second jaws are movable between open and closed configurations. The first and second grips mesh upon transitioning the first and second jaws to the closed configuration to thereby define a non-linear longitudinal interface along the length of the first and second jaws and a non-linear lateral interface along the width of the first and second jaws.
Claims19
An end effector of a surgical tool, the end effector comprising:
- a first jaw including a first jaw body and first grips extending from the first jaw body;
- and
- a second jaw including a second jaw body and second grips extending from the second jaw body, the first and second jaws being movable between open and closed configurations,
- wherein the first and second grips mesh upon transitioning the first and second jaws to the closed configuration to thereby define:
- a non-linear longitudinal interface along a length of the first and second jaws;
- and
- a non-linear lateral interface along a width of the first and second jaws.
An end effector of a surgical tool, the end effector comprising:
- opposing first and second jaws;
- a first grip formed on the first jaw and defining a first plurality of undulating and non-linear grooves;
- a second grip formed on the second jaw and defining a second plurality of undulating and non-linear grooves,
- wherein, when the first and second jaws close, the first and second pluralities of undulating and non-linear grooves mate such that no line of sight is visible laterally through the first and second jaws.
An end effector of a surgical tool, the end effector comprising:
- a first jaw including first grips;
- and
- a second jaw including second grips, the first and second jaws being transitionable between an open configuration and a closed configuration,
- wherein, when the first and second jaws are in the closed configuration, the first and second grips mesh to define a first non-linear longitudinal interface along a first lateral side of the end effector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.