AGENCEMENTS DE VERROUILLAGE D'ARTICULATION ACTIONNABLES LATÉRALEMENT PERMETTANT DE VERROUILLER UN EFFECTEUR D'EXTRÉMITÉ D'UN INSTRUMENT CHIRURGICAL DANS UNE CONFIGURATION ARTICULÉE
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.