Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical instrument system including replaceable end effectors
- Patent Title (中): 手术器械系统包括可替换的末端执行器
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Application No.: US13536360Application Date: 2012-06-28
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Publication No.: US09226751B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Frederick E. Shelton, IV , Jerome R. Morgan
- Applicant: Frederick E. Shelton, IV , Jerome R. Morgan
- Applicant Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Main IPC: A61B19/00
- IPC: A61B19/00 ; A61B17/072 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/29

Abstract:
A surgical instrument system that includes a housing and a rotatable drive shaft, a motor operably coupled to the drive shaft, and a plurality of replaceable end effectors that can be connected to the housing. Each replaceable end effector includes a drive screw that is turned a fixed number of revolutions by the motor-driven rotatable drive shaft when the end effector is connected to the housing. Each end effector further comprises a firing member operably coupled with the drive screw of the end effector. The drive screw is configured to displace the firing member over a firing length as a result of the fixed number of revolutions. In certain embodiments, each replaceable end effector can include a drive screw with a thread pitch set to the firing length divided by the fixed number of revolutions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140005679A1 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING REPLACEABLE END EFFECTORS Public/Granted day:2014-01-02
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