Patent ID: 11918195
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. The surgical tool of claim 11, further comprising:
a carriage movably mountable to a lead screw at a carriage nut;
a drive gear coupled to each spline and rotatable with rotation the spline associated therewith;
an activating mechanism associated with each spline and housed in the carriage and operatively coupled to the drive gear such that rotation of the drive gear correspondingly actuates the activating mechanism;
an elongate shaft extending distally from the carriage and penetrating the first end; and
an end effector arranged at a distal end of the elongate shaft and having a pair of jaws that open or close upon activation of a first activating mechanism and a cutting element that fires upon activation of a second activating mechanism,
wherein shifting the clutch to the second position decouples the first and second activating mechanisms from the respective drive inputs to thereby disengage the respective drive inputs from opening or closing of the jaws and firing the cutting element.