Patent ID: 11918212
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surgical instrument, comprising:
a rotary input;
an elongate shaft assembly; and
an end effector, comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein said end effector comprises:
a first jaw;
a second jaw;
a shaft operably interfacing with said rotary input such that said shaft is actuated in response to an actuation motion applied to said rotary input;
a first actuator movable between an unfired position adjacent said proximal end and a fired position adjacent said distal end in response to an application of the actuation motion to said rotary input in a first rotary direction; and
a second actuator, wherein said second actuator operably interfaces with said rotary input and is configured to move distally from a beginning position to an ending position in response to the application of the actuation motion to said rotary input in the first rotary direction, wherein a clamped position is located intermediate the beginning position and the ending position, wherein when said second actuator is in the clamped position, said second actuator retains said first jaw in a fully-closed position, and wherein a further application of the actuation motion to said rotary input in the first rotary direction after said second actuator has attained the clamped position causes said first actuator to move from the unfired position to the fired position and said second actuator to move distally from the clamped position to the ending position while retaining said first jaw in the fully-closed position.