Patent ID: 11864783
Assignee: ARCULANT, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 19:
20. A surgical instrument comprising:
a first lever member including a first flexion portion including a first pivot axis about which the first lever member is rotatable, the first lever member further including a first force application portion and a first contacting portion;
a second lever member including a second flexion portion including a second pivot axis about which the second lever member is rotatable, the second lever member further including a second force application portion and a second contacting portion, at least one of the first flexion portion and the second flexion portion is dimensioned to have a width less than another portion of the first and the second lever members, the width being dimensioned relative to a plane in which the first lever member and the second lever member rotate, the plane being a plane of rotation, at least one of the first lever member and the second lever member having a substantially straight shape in the plane between a flexion portion and a contacting portion;
one or more longitudinal subsets of teeth in which subset of teeth are arranged longitudinally in at least a portion of each of the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion at a distal end; and
a coupling member at a proximal end configured to couple the first lever member to the second lever member, and further configured to position the first pivot axis of the first lever member and the second pivot axis of the second lever member at a first distance in the plane of rotation between the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis,
wherein each of the force application portions is configured to receive one or more applied forces to position the contacting portions at a second distance, which is less than the first distance in the plane of rotation,
wherein the first and the second force application portions are configured to receive one or more first applied forces to translate the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion into at least a first closing state, and are further configured to receive one or more second applied forces to translate the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion into at least a second closing state in which a first adjacent portion of the first lever member adjacent the first contacting portion is positioned relative to a second adjacent portion of the second lever member adjacent the second contacting portion, the first lever member and the second lever member are configured to impart the one or more second applied forces at one or more of the first and the second contacting portions and at the first and the second adjacent portions in the second closing state.