Patent ID: 11890027
Assignee: UNITED STATES ENDOSCOPY GROUP, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An endoscopy device comprising:
a fork defining a guide channel and including a pair of fork pins at a distal end of the fork within the guide channel;
a pair of control arms pivotally mounted about the fork at a proximal end of the guide channel; and
a pair of jaws movable between a closed position and open position,
wherein each jaw includes a grasping portion having a plurality of teeth and a connection portion, wherein the grasping portion includes at least a front tooth formed at a distal end of the grasping portion and a plurality of rear teeth formed between the front tooth and a proximal end of the grasping portion;
wherein the connection portion includes a first opening at a distal end of the connection portion and a second opening at a proximal end of the connection portion, wherein the first opening is elongated and the pair of jaws are pivotally mounted directly to the pair of fork pins at a distal end of the guide channel via the first opening, wherein the pair of fork pins are offset from one another within the guide channel and wherein each jaw is pivotally mounted to one of the pair of control arms via the second opening.