- Patent Title: Drive train control arrangements for modular surgical instruments
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Application No.: US16150413Application Date: 2018-10-03
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Publication No.: US10893867B2Publication Date: 2021-01-19
- Inventor: Richard L. Leimbach , Thomas W. Lytle, IV , Kevin D. Sackett , Mark D. Overmyer
- Applicant: Ethicon LLC
- Applicant Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Main IPC: A61B17/10
- IPC: A61B17/10 ; A61B17/064 ; A61B17/068 ; A61B17/072 ; A61B17/32 ; A61B34/00 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B34/20 ; A61B17/29 ; G01D5/14

Abstract:
A surgical instrument comprises an end effector, a shaft, and a housing extending proximally from the shaft. The surgical instrument includes an articulation assembly configured to articulate the end effector relative to the shaft, a firing assembly configured to fire a plurality of staples, for example, and a locking member movable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. The housing is removably couplable to the shaft when the locking member is in the unlocked configuration and the housing includes a motor configured to drive at least one of the firing assembly and the articulation assembly. The housing also includes a controller in communication with the motor, wherein the controller is configured to activate the motor to reset at least one of the firing assembly and the articulation assembly to a home state when the locking member is moved between the locked configuration and the unlocked configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190099183A1 DRIVE TRAIN CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS FOR MODULAR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Public/Granted day:2019-04-04
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