Patent ID: 11957371
Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An end effector of a surgical tool, the end effector comprising:
a housing;
a jaw support shaft mounted to the housing and defining a pivot axis;
jaw members supported on the jaw support shaft and being pivotable about the pivot axis, each of the jaw members defining a support shaft slot therethrough and including a pulley pin and a jaw pin extending in opposite directions relative to a respective one of the jaw members, the support shaft slot being non-circular and configured to enable the jaw members to slide relative to the pivot axis as the jaw members pivot about the pivot axis, each of the jaw members defining a jaw pin slot positioned to receive an opposing one of the jaw pins of the jaw members; and
cam pulleys coupled to the jaw support shaft and the jaw members, the cam pulleys being rotatable about the pivot axis to pivot the jaw members about the jaw support shaft, the cam pulleys being separate and distinct from the jaw members.