Patent ID: 11931018
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surgical instrument, comprising:
a shaft;
an end effector coupled to the shaft, the end effector being configured to perform a first end effector function and a second end effector function;
a rotatable input shaft;
an output shaft;
a transmission operable in a drive configuration and a shifting configuration, wherein the output shaft is translatable between a first position and a second position by the rotation of the input shaft when the transmission is in the shifting configuration, and wherein the output shaft is rotated by the rotation of the input shaft when the transmission is in the drive configuration; and
a brake configured to hold the output shaft in the first position and the second position but permit the output shaft to rotate in the first position and the second position,
wherein the first end effector function is drivable by the output shaft when the output shaft is in its first position, and wherein the second end effector function is drivable by the output shaft when the output shaft is in its second position.