Patent ID: 9566065
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A surgical stapling apparatus, comprising: an end effector comprising at least one clamp gear; a clamp mechanism coupled to the at least one clamp gear and to the end effector; at least one deployment gear; a deployment mechanism coupled to the at least one deployment gear and to the end effector; a single trigger operable to clamp the end effector and also to deploy staples therefrom; and a mode switch mechanism coupled to the single trigger; wherein the mode switch mechanism is selectively engageable with one of the clamp gear and the deployment gear, such that when the mode switch mechanism engages the clamp gear, actuation of the single trigger clamps the end effector, and when the mode switch mechanism engages the deployment gear, actuation of the single trigger deploys the staples from the end effector.