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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2023
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Austin Michael Fischer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Christopher William Birri, West Chester, OH (US);
Andrew Kolpitcke, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A surgical tool includes a drive housing, a drive input rotatably mounted to a bottom of the drive housing, a capstan assembly arranged within the drive housing to rotate a drive gear about a rotational axis and within a drive plane orthogonal to the rotational axis, a longitudinally driven gear engageable with the drive gear, and a drive rod operatively coupled to the longitudinally driven gear and extending from the drive housing to a knife extendable within end effector of the surgical instrument. The drive rod is aligned within the drive plane such that translation of the longitudinally driven gear induces a corresponding longitudinal translation of the drive rod within the drive.