Patent ID: 9700318
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A surgical device, comprising: a jaw assembly including a first jaw and a second jaw moveable relative to the first jaw; an articulating assembly removably coupled to a proximal end of the jaw assembly, the articulating assembly including a distal joint member, a proximal joint member, and a pivot pin fixedly coupled to the distal joint member and rotatably coupled to the proximal joint member such that rotation of the pivot pin pivots the distal joint member relative to the proximal joint member, wherein the jaw assembly and the distal joint member define a first longitudinal axis extending between the 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 first rotatable drive shaft including a first gear element meshingly engaged with a pivoting gear element fixedly coupled to the pivot pin, wherein rotational movement of the first rotatable drive shaft pivots the jaw assembly relative to the proximal joint member about a pivot axis defined by the pivot pin that is perpendicular to the first and second longitudinal axes.