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

Claim 10:
11. A surgical tool, comprising:
a drive housing having a first end;
a plurality of splines rotatably axially aligned with and coupled to respective drive inputs, each spline having a spline pinion gear fixed thereon, and each respective drive input having an input pinion gear fixed thereon;
a clutch associated and axially aligned with each spline and defining an internal gear simultaneously matable with corresponding spline and input pinion gears associated with each spline and respective drive input; and
a bailout armature selectively engageable with the each clutch to shift each clutch from a first position, where the internal gear simultaneously mates with the corresponding spline and input pinion gears such that rotation of the respective drive input correspondingly rotates the spline associated therewith, to a second position, where the internal gear disengages from the corresponding input pinion gear such that the spline is rotatable independent of the respective drive input.