Patent ID: 11944335
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL DEVICE LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A medical device, comprising:
opposing first and second end effectors coupled together and configured to move from an open configuration to a closed configuration;
a first link having a distal end pivotally connected at a first position on the first end effector at a proximal end of the first end effector via a throughhole extending at least partially through the first link at the distal end and receiving a protrusion of the first end effector located at the proximal end of the first end effector, the first link including a first slot at a proximal end of the first link;
a second link having a distal end pivotally connected at a first position on the second end effector at a proximal end of the second end effector via a throughhole extending at least partially through the second link at the distal end and receiving a protrusion of the second end effector located at the proximal end of the second end effector;
a first actuator pin slidable within the first slot; and
a clevis including a central longitudinal axis and a pair of distally extending and spaced apart arms, wherein a pivot pin is attached to each of the pair of arms, wherein each of the first and second end effectors is pivotally connected to the pivot pin at a second position of each of the first and second end effectors that is different than each of the first positions on the respective first and second end effectors;
wherein, when the first actuator pin is stationary and the first and the second end effectors remain in the closed configuration, the first slot is movable over the first actuator pin and the first and second end effectors are configured to pivot about an axis of the pivot pin, causing a distal tip of one of the first and second end effectors to cross the central longitudinal axis of the clevis.