Patent attributes
A medical device can include a working end comprising a jaw mechanism configured to perform a clamping function and a translating cutting mechanism configured to perform a cutting function in response to translating movement of the translating cutting mechanism. The medical device can further include at least two user-actuated input mechanisms, and a computer processor operably coupled to the working end and to the at least two user-actuated control input mechanisms. In an operational state, the computer processor commands a movement of the translating cutting mechanism through a first range of motion in response to a first command received from actuation of a first of the at least two user-actuated control input mechanisms, and commands a movement of the translating cutting mechanism through a second range of motion in response to at least a second command received from actuation of at least a second of the at least two user-actuated control input mechanisms, the second range of motion being different from the first range of motion.
