Patent ID: 8647258

Claim:
A surgical device, comprising: a jaw assembly; and a camera assembly coupled to the jaw assembly, the camera assembly comprising: a camera housing defining an interior space having at least one opening on a side thereof, the camera housing having a stem disposed therein; a first support arm and a second support arm each having a proximal end and a distal end, the first and second support arms pivotally coupled at their proximal ends to the stem disposed within the camera housing and deployable therefrom; and a camera body coupled to distal ends of the first and second support arms and moveable between a first position, in which the camera body is positioned within the interior space of the camera housing and the first and second support arms are in parallel alignment, and a second position, in which the camera body extends from the at least one opening of the camera housing and the first and second support arms are in non-parallel alignment.