Patent ID: 9526563
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A surgical instrument, comprising: a housing; a shaft having a proximal end positioned within the housing and a distal end positioned remote from the housing, the shaft having a longitudinal axis defined between the proximal and distal ends; a pair of jaw members operably coupled to the distal end of the shaft; a movable knife rod at least partially disposed within the shaft; a knife operably coupled to a distal end of the knife rod; an actuator operably coupled to the proximal end of the shaft and moveable relative to the housing between a first position and a second position for moving the jaw members between an open position and a substantially closed position; a trigger extending from the housing and configured to actuate the knife; and a movable spindle assembly having: wherein upon application of a threshold amount of force on the cutter pin by the body in a proximally-oriented direction, the cutter pin folds such that the cutter pin detaches from the body and the body is movable in a proximal direction relative to the cutter pin and the knife rod.