Patent ID: 9700310
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06F,G06T,G09G,G16H,G16Z,H01M,H02J,H03K,Y02E

Claim:
1. A surgical instrument, comprising: a firing member assembly including a portion supported for selective axial movement in a distal direction and a proximal direction; a drive unit, comprising: a retraction assembly interfacing with the firing member assembly for manually applying other rotary motions to the firing member assembly in the second rotary direction when the motor is deactivated; and locking means interfacing with the retraction assembly and the drive unit for preventing transfer of the other rotary motions to the motor shaft during operation of the retraction assembly and while the gear assembly remains drivingly coupled to the motor shaft; wherein the surgical instrument further comprises a housing and wherein the motor includes a motor housing and wherein the gear assembly includes a gear box housing non-movably coupled to the motor housing, the motor housing and the gear box housing being supported within the housing for rotation relative thereto as a unit upon application of the other rotary motions to the firing member assembly.