Patent ID: 11857283
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A surgical instrument, comprising:
(a) an end effector; and
(b) a shaft assembly, including:
(i) a proximal shaft portion longitudinally extending along a proximal axis,
(ii) a distal shaft portion longitudinally extending along a distal axis, wherein the end effector distally extends from the distal shaft portion,
(iii) a first elongate member extending from the proximal shaft portion and toward the end effector, wherein the first elongate member is operatively connected to at least one of the distal shaft portion or the end effector and configured to be selectively moved, and
(iv) an articulation section extending between the proximal and distal shaft portions and configured to articulate about a first articulation axis and about a second articulation axis distal of the first articulation axis to thereby respectively deflect the end effector along a first plane and a second plane, and wherein the articulation section includes a first lumen radially offset from each of the proximal and distal axes that longitudinally intersects each of the first and second articulation axes,
wherein the first lumen movably supports the first elongate member therethrough such that the first elongate member intersects each of the first and second articulation axes for deflection of the end effector.