Patent ID: 11931124
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 12:
13. A robotic surgical tool, comprising:
a drive housing having a lead screw extending from a first end of the drive housing;
a carriage movably mounted to the lead screw at a carriage nut secured to the carriage;
an elongate shaft extending from the carriage and penetrating the first end, the shaft having an end effector arranged at a distal end thereof and comprising a proximal shaft portion releasably coupled to a distal shaft portion at a releasable interface; and
a firing rod extending from the carriage and operatively coupled to a knife at the end effector, the firing rod comprising a proximal firing rod portion releasably coupled to a distal firing rod portion at the releasable interface,
wherein longitudinal movement of the firing rod correspondingly moves the knife in the same direction relative to the proximal and distal shaft portions and simultaneously closes or opens jaws of the end effector.