Patent ID: 11969203
Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A colpotomy system, comprising:
a surgical instrument having a shaft assembly, the shaft assembly including an end effector supported on a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the end effector including a first jaw member and a second jaw member, the first jaw member having a proximal end and a distal end, the first jaw member defining a first blade slot that extends distally through the distal end of the first jaw member, and the second jaw member having a proximal end and a distal end, the second jaw member defining a second blade slot that extends distally through the distal end of the second jaw member; and
a uterine manipulator extending distally to a head supporting a knife that is positioned to cooperate with the first and second jaw members of the end effector, the knife configured to rotate through the distal ends of the first and second jaw members as the knife rotates about the head.