公开(公告)号：US10405932B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US15385028

申请日：2016-12-20

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Mark D. Overmyer

IPC: A61B34/30 ,  A61B17/072 ,  A61B17/29 ,  A61B17/00

Abstract: Various embodiments of tool assemblies are provided having at least one rotary input coupling and at least one linear input coupling for allowing either a rotary output or a linear output (e.g., from a tool driver on a surgical robot) to activate at least one mechanism of the tool assembly. For example, mechanisms of the tool assembly can include a clamping assembly, a firing assembly, an articulation assembly, and a roll assembly. The clamping assembly can open and close jaws of an end effector, the firing assembly can translate a knife assembly through the end effector to fire staples and cut tissue, the articulation assembly can articulate the end effector, and the roll assembly can rotate the elongate shaft and/or the end effector.

公开(公告)号：US20190254762A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-22

申请号：US15900096

申请日：2018-02-20

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Mark D. Overmyer

IPC: A61B34/35 ,  A61B17/00

Abstract: Various exemplary methods, systems, and devices for robotic surgical instrument communication are provided. In general, a surgical tool includes a sensor configured to sense a parameter related to the surgical tool and to wirelessly communicate the sensed data to another device, e.g., another surgical tool. Each of the surgical tool and the other device are configured to be operatively connected to a robotic surgical system and to be controlled by the robotic surgical system. The other device is configured to transmit the data received from the surgical tool to the robotic surgical system.

公开(公告)号：US20190247133A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-15

申请号：US15897877

申请日：2018-02-15

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Mark D. Overmyer ,  Joshua Young ,  David C. Yates ,  James Hoffmaster ,  Ammon Wright ,  Vincenzo Barbato

IPC: A61B34/35 ,  H04B5/00 ,  A61B1/00

Abstract: Various exemplary methods, systems, and devices for near field communication (NFC) between a surgical instrument and a robotic surgical system are provided. In general, a surgical tool is configured to move between different modes of communication with a robotic surgical system to which the tool is releasably and replaceably coupled. The different modes of communication are detectable by the robotic surgical system by the tool's frequency of NFC with the robotic surgical system. The tool includes a mechanism configured to be manipulated by a user of the tool to move the tool between the different modes of communication. The tool operating in a first mode of communication indicates to the robotic surgical system that the tool is operating in a normal state. The tool operating in each of one or more additional modes of communication indicates that the tool is operating in an error state.

公开(公告)号：US20190200895A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16233866

申请日：2018-12-27

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Frederick E. Shelton, IV ,  Jason L. Harris ,  Brett E. Swensgard ,  Richard L. Leimbach ,  Shane R. Adams ,  Mark D. Overmyer

IPC: A61B5/053 ,  A61B18/14 ,  A61B17/10 ,  A61B17/295 ,  A61B17/072 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B17/068 ,  A61B17/3209

CPC classification number: A61B5/0538 ,  A61B5/4836 ,  A61B5/6847 ,  A61B17/068 ,  A61B17/07207 ,  A61B17/105 ,  A61B17/295 ,  A61B17/3209 ,  A61B18/1445 ,  A61B2017/00017 ,  A61B2017/00022 ,  A61B2017/00026 ,  A61B2017/00075 ,  A61B2017/00123 ,  A61B2017/00353 ,  A61B2017/00398 ,  A61B2017/0046 ,  A61B2017/00477 ,  A61B2017/00734 ,  A61B2017/00876 ,  A61B2017/2927 ,  A61B2018/00607 ,  A61B2018/0063 ,  A61B2018/00875 ,  A61B2018/1455 ,  A61B2090/061 ,  A61B2090/064 ,  A61B2090/065 ,  A61B2090/0803 ,  A61B2090/0811 ,  A61B2560/0468 ,  A61B2560/0475 ,  A61B2562/0223 ,  A61B2562/0247 ,  A61B2562/0261

Abstract: A powered surgical cutting and stapling instrument is disclosed. The instrument includes at least one sensor to measure at least one parameter associated with the instrument, at least one processor, and a memory operatively associated with the processor. The memory includes machine executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to monitor the at least one sensor over a predetermined time period and determine a rate of change of the measured parameter.

公开(公告)号：US20190183594A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-20

申请号：US15847315

申请日：2017-12-19

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Frederick E. Shelton, IV ,  Jason L. Harris ,  Mark D. Overmyer ,  Vincenzo Barbato ,  Robert L. Koch, JR. ,  Nathan D. Grubbs

IPC: A61B34/37 ,  A61B17/295 ,  A61B17/072 ,  A61B34/00

CPC classification number: A61B34/37 ,  A61B17/072 ,  A61B17/07207 ,  A61B17/295 ,  A61B34/25 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/71 ,  A61B50/30 ,  A61B2017/00017 ,  A61B2017/00353 ,  A61B2017/00367 ,  A61B2017/00398 ,  A61B2017/0046 ,  A61B2017/00477 ,  A61B2017/07285 ,  A61B2017/2912 ,  A61B2017/2915 ,  A61B2017/2916 ,  A61B2017/292 ,  A61B2017/2923 ,  A61B2017/2927 ,  A61B2017/2931 ,  A61B2090/067 ,  A61B2090/0811

Abstract: A surgical instrument assembly configured to be operably attached to and detached from a surgical robot interface is disclosed. The surgical instrument assembly comprises a shaft assembly comprising an end effector and a closure drive member configured to move a second jaw relative to a first jaw of the end effector. The surgical instrument assembly further comprises a control assembly, wherein the shaft assembly is operably coupled with the control assembly, and wherein the control assembly comprises a housing, a closure drive system configured to actuate the closure drive member, and an exterior closure drive actuator exterior to the housing and configured to be actuated by a clinician to manually rotate a rotary input drive of the closure drive system to move the second jaw relative to the first jaw when the surgical instrument assembly is not operably attached to the surgical robot interface.

公开(公告)号：US20190117222A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-25

申请号：US16160460

申请日：2018-10-15

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Frederick E. Shelton, IV ,  Jerome R. Morgan ,  Richard L. Leimbach ,  Mark D. Overmyer

IPC: A61B17/072 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/10 ,  A61B17/068 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/30

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.

公开(公告)号：US20190099183A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-04

申请号：US16150413

申请日：2018-10-03

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Richard L. Leimbach ,  Thomas W. Lytle, IV ,  Kevin D. Sackett ,  Mark D. Overmyer

IPC: A61B17/10 ,  A61B17/068 ,  A61B17/072 ,  A61B17/32 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/29 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B34/20

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.

公开(公告)号：US20190099180A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-04

申请号：US15720852

申请日：2017-09-29

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Richard L. Leimbach ,  Raymond E. Parfett ,  Mark D. Overmyer ,  Gregory J. Bakos

IPC: A61B17/072 ,  A61B34/00 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G05B15/02

CPC classification number: A61B17/07207 ,  A61B18/1445 ,  A61B34/25 ,  A61B90/06 ,  A61B2017/00017 ,  A61B2017/00119 ,  A61B2017/00128 ,  A61B2017/00199 ,  A61B2017/00398 ,  A61B2017/00407 ,  A61B2017/0046 ,  A61B2017/00464 ,  A61B2017/00477 ,  A61B2017/00734 ,  A61B2017/00738 ,  A61B2017/07257 ,  A61B2017/07271 ,  A61B2017/07278 ,  A61B2017/07285 ,  A61B2017/2927 ,  A61B2018/1455 ,  A61B2034/2048 ,  A61B2034/2059 ,  A61B2090/067 ,  A61B2090/0807 ,  A61B2090/0808 ,  A61B2090/0811 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G16H20/40 ,  G16H40/63

Abstract: Various systems and methods of controlling a surgical instrument are disclosed. The surgical instrument can include one or more sensors that are configured to detect or measure parameters associated with the use of the instrument and a display. A control circuit can be configured to detect whether the instrument is articulating, firing, clamping, and so on according to relationships between the detected parameters. The control circuit can further cause the display to display an image or sequences of images according to the particular operational state of the instrument. The images can provide alerts, instructions on how to use the instrument, or information detected by the one or more sensors, such as the position of the knife during transection.

公开(公告)号：US20190059889A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-28

申请号：US15689198

申请日：2017-08-29

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Frederick E. Shelton, IV ,  Taylor W. Aronhalt ,  Jason L. Harris ,  Chester O. Baxter, III ,  Mark D. Overmyer ,  Vincenzo Barbato

IPC: A61B17/072 ,  A61B34/30

Abstract: Surgical stapling systems and methods for stapling tissue during a surgical procedure are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a control system is provided for controlling at least one motor coupled to a drive system on a surgical stapling device for driving one or more drive assemblies. The control system can be configured to communicate with the drive system of the stapling tool and to control and modify movement of one or more drive assemblies based on certain feedback.

公开(公告)号：US20180214219A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-02

申请号：US15422767

申请日：2017-02-02

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Mark D. Overmyer ,  Jeffrey S. Swayze ,  Robert L. Koch

IPC: A61B34/30 ,  A61B17/00 ,  B25J9/16

CPC classification number: A61B34/30 ,  A61B17/00234 ,  A61B34/35 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B34/71 ,  A61B2034/305 ,  B25J9/1692

Abstract: Systems and methods for articulation calibration of a surgical tool configured to be coupled to a robotic surgical system are provided. The tool including a tool shaft with an end effector has at least one linkage member extending along the shaft and operably coupled to the end effector such that force selectively applied to the linkage member is able to cause articulation of the end effector. The tool can also include a homing mechanism. To perform articulation calibration of the end effector, it can be constrained, force can be applied to the linkage member to attempt articulation of the end effector until a resistance against further articulation exceeds a threshold, and a home position of the end effector can be determined based on a force at which the resistance has exceeded the threshold.