Jeffrey S. Swayze,Frederick E. Shelton, IV,Mark D. Overmyer
申请号：
US15385935
公开号：
US20180168582A1
申请日:
2016.12.21
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
A surgical instrument that includes an elongate shaft that has an end effector coupled thereto for selective articulation relative to the shaft. At least one articulation link operably interfaces with a source of articulation motions and is coupled to the end effector for applying articulation motions thereto. An articulation lock member corresponds to each articulation link and is configured to laterally move into locking engagement with the corresponding articulation link from an unlocked position that is laterally adjacent to the corresponding articulation link. An actuation system operably interfaces with each of the articulation lock members to selectively laterally move each articulation lock member from the unlocked position into locking engagement with the corresponding articulation link.
