Patent ID: 9480492
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A surgical device, comprising: a jaw assembly comprising: a pivoting linkage coupled to the proximal end of the jaw assembly, the pivoting linkage comprising a distal joint member and a proximal joint member, wherein the jaw assembly and the distal joint member define a first longitudinal axis extending between a proximal end of the jaw assembly and a distal end of the distal joint member, and the proximal joint member defines a second longitudinal axis; and a camming assembly coupled to the distal and proximal joint members, the camming assembly configured to pivot the jaw assembly relative to the proximal joint member about a pivot axis that is perpendicular to the first and second longitudinal axes from an aligned configuration in which the first and second longitudinal axes are substantially parallel to each other into a pivoted configuration in which the first and second longitudinal axes are substantially perpendicular to each other.