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

Claim 18:
19. A surgical instrument, comprising:
a shaft;
an end effector coupled to the shaft and comprising a jaw assembly;
a rotatable input shaft;
an output shaft comprising a rack portion; and
a transmission operable in a drive configuration and a shifting configuration and comprising a rack gear engaged with the rack portion, 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, the rack gear being configured to drive the output shaft between its first and second positions,
wherein the output shaft is configured to drive the jaw assembly when the output shaft is in its first position and the transmission is in its drive configuration.