Patent ID: 11911058
Assignee: GYRUS ACMI, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 5:
6. A forceps comprising:
a drive pin;
an outer shaft extending along a longitudinal axis;
a first jaw pivotably connected to the outer shaft, the first jaw including a first set of flanges, each first flange including a first track receiving the drive pin therein; and
a cam shaft positioned within the outer shaft and extending along the longitudinal axis, the outer shaft extending distally beyond the cam shaft, the cam shaft including distal arms positioned laterally outward of the first set of flanges, the drive pin connected to a bore of each of the distal arms to connect to the cam shaft to the first flanges, the cam shaft translatable in a first direction along the outer shaft to drive the drive pin along the first set of tracks to open the first jaw relative to a second jaw, and the cam shaft translatable in a second direction opposed to the first direction along the outer shaft to drive the drive pin along the first set of tracks to close the first jaw relative to the second jaw.