Patent ID: 11918212
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A surgical instrument system, comprising:
a housing;
a rotatable input system configured to receive a plurality of rotary motions from a motor; and
an end effector, comprising:
a first jaw;
a second jaw;
a first actuator comprising a tissue cutting surface, wherein said first actuator is in threaded engagement with a threaded section of said rotatable input system, and wherein said threaded section comprises:
a proximal thread segment comprising a first thread lead; and
a distal thread segment comprising a second thread lead that is different than said first thread lead; and
a second actuator in threaded engagement with said rotatable input system such that an application of one of the rotary motions to said rotatable input system in a first direction initially causes said second actuator to move said first jaw from an open position to a clamped position, wherein said second actuator remains in threaded engagement with said rotatable input system, and wherein a continued application of the one of the rotary motions to said rotatable input system in the first direction drives said second actuator from the clamped position to an ending position and drives said first actuator from threaded engagement with said proximal thread segment to threaded engagement with said distal thread segment.