Patent ID: 9681857
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A jaw assembly for an end effector assembly of a medical device, comprising: a jaw, including an arcuate body section and a rim section, the body section being positioned below the rim section in a first direction perpendicular to a plane extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the rim section; and a tang extending from the jaw, the tang including a first arm and a second arm each having a first hole therein, wherein the first arm includes a second hole therein, and the first holes of the first and second arms are the proximal-most holes on the first and second arms and are off-axis from each other, wherein an axis passes through a center of each of the first hole of the second arm and the second hole of the first arm, and a first plane passes through the center of each of the first hole of the second arm and the second hole of the first arm and is perpendicular to the first arm and the second arm, and wherein the first arm connects to the second arm by material positioned below the axis in the first direction, transverse to the first plane, and between second and third planes defining the first and second arms respectively, and wherein the second arm has a first edge that is connected to the material that connects the first arm to the second arm and a free distal-most edge; wherein the distal end of the rim section is disposed remote from the tang and has a plurality of teeth projecting above the plane of the rim section, and the proximal end of the rim section is disposed adjacent the tang and is void of teeth.