Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical instrument having force feedback capabilities
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Application No.: US16160460Application Date: 2018-10-15
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Publication No.: US11020113B2Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: Frederick E. Shelton, IV , Jerome R. Morgan , Richard L. Leimbach , 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: A61B17/068
- IPC: A61B17/068 ; A61B17/072 ; A61B34/00 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/10 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B17/115 ; A61B17/11 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/29
Abstract:
A surgical instrument. The surgical instrument has a force delivery system which communicates a changing force to a user of the surgical instrument when a limit of a surgical function is reached. A sensor senses position of a moving element to communicate a signal to the force delivery system. In various embodiments, the system generates a vibratory force to signal the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190117222A1 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING FORCE FEEDBACK CAPABILITIES Public/Granted day:2019-04-25
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