Patent ID: 8961514
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An endoscopic forceps, comprising: a housing; a shaft that extends from the housing and defining a longitudinal axis therethrough; a first tube coaxially disposed within the shaft, the first tube having a bent portion at a distal end thereof having a contour; a second tube disposed within the first tube, the second tube including a bent portion that follows the contour of the bent portion of the first tube; and an end effector assembly operatively connected to a distal end of the first tube and having first and second jaw members, the first and second jaw members moveable from an open position for positioning about tissue to a clamped position for clamping tissue therebetween, the first and second jaw members including respective cam slots defined therein with a cam pin movable therein, the cam pin operably coupling the second tube to the first and second jaw members, wherein the shaft is translatable along the longitudinal axis to straighten the bent portion of the first tube to move the bent portion of the first tube from an articulated configuration to a non-articulated configuration, and wherein the second tube is translatable along the longitudinal axis to move the first and second jaw members from the open configuration to the clamping configuration.