Patent ID: 11911015
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A surgical device, comprising:
an elongate shaft extending distally from a proximal handle portion;
an end effector configured to move between an unarticulated position, in which the end effector is not articulated relative to the elongate shaft, and an articulated position, in which the end effector is articulated relative to the elongate shaft;
a first actuator at the proximal handle portion configured to be actuated with the end effector in the unarticulated position and thereby cause the end effector to move from the unarticulated position to the articulated position;
a second actuator at the proximal handle portion configured to be actuated with the end effector in the articulated position and thereby cause the end effector to move from the articulated position to the unarticulated position; and
a drum operably coupled to the end effector; wherein the actuation of the first actuator is configured to cause the drum, which has a thread threadably engaged with a thread of the first actuator, to move and thereby cause the end effector to move from the unarticulated position to the articulated position; and wherein the actuation of the second actuator is configured to cause the thread of the first actuator to become disengaged from the thread of the drum.