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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2024
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Austin Michael Fischer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeff Clark, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A surgical tool includes a drive housing, a shaft extending distally from the drive housing, and an end effector arranged at an end of the shaft. The end effector includes a knife housing having opposing distal and proximal ends and opposing left and right walls extending from the distal end toward the proximal end, the left and right walls defining a knife cavity therebetween, a control surface defined on at least one of the left and right walls, and a knife having opposing distal and proximal ends and being moveable distally out of the knife cavity and proximally to a fully retracted position within the knife cavity. When the knife is moved proximally toward the fully retracted position, the proximal end of the knife is engageable with the control surface, which causes the knife to rotate into alignment with the knife cavity.