Patent ID: 8382791
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical tool assembly, comprising: a first elongated member and a second elongated member, each of the first and second elongated members having a proximal end and a distal jaw end, the first and second elongated members pivotally attached to each other at a pivotal attachment, each of the first and second elongated members having a first actuator connection defined between the distal jaw end and the pivotal attachment of the first and second elongated members and a second actuator connection defined between the proximal end of the first and second elongated members and the pivotal attachment of the first and second elongated members; a pair of first actuators, one of the pair of first actuators connected to the first actuator connection of the first elongated member and the second of the first actuators connected to the first actuator connection of the second elongated member; a pair of second actuators, one of the pair of second actuators connected to the second actuator connection of the first elongated member and the second of the pair of second actuators connected to the second actuator connection of the second elongated member, such that activation of the pair of first actuators urges pivotal movement of the first and second elongated members only to bring the distal jaw ends closer together and activation of the pair of second actuators urges pivotal movement of the first and second elongated members only to move the distal jaw ends apart; and a housing supporting the pivotally attached elongated members.