Patent ID: 8132704

Claim:
A surgical device, comprising: a first jaw including a sleeve attached thereto and defining a first longitudinal axis that lies in a first plane having a fixed position with respect to the first jaw; and a second jaw including an arm configured to move longitudinally within and relative to the sleeve, the second jaw coupled to and moveable relative to the first jaw between a closed position and an intermediate open position, the second jaw defining a second longitudinal axis that, when the second jaw is in the closed position or in the intermediate open position, the second longitudinal axis lies substantially within the first plane, the sleeve and the arm including a camming arrangement that is configured to move the second jaw at least between the intermediate open position and a fully open position by rotating the second jaw with respect to the first jaw about an axis substantially transverse to the first and second longitudinal axes and lying within the first plane, wherein in the fully opened position, at least one of the first jaw and the second jaw is not disposed within the first plane.