Patent ID: 11950871
Assignee: MULTI SCOPIC INSTRUMENTS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 1:
2. An end effector according to claim 1, wherein the proximal ends of the yoke segments have facing flattened surfaces that are approximately in the jaw plane when the jaw assembly is in the straight-ahead position, and the linkage system includes:
a set of angled slots formed in the proximal ends of the yoke segments,
a yoke segment positioning system disposed around the proximal ends of the yoke segments and coupled to the outer sheath, and
a positioning pin, mounted in the positioning system at right angles to the flattened surfaces of the proximal ends of the yoke segments, and located within the slots of both of the yoke segments, and the pushrod is coupled to the positioning pin, so that axial motion of the pushrod causes the positioning pin in combination with the angled slots to move the proximal ends of the yoke segments towards or away from each other, depending on the direction of the axial motion.