公开(公告)号：US20180214168A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-02

申请号：US15422740

申请日：2017-02-02

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

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

IPC: A61B17/32 ,  A61B17/072 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B17/28

CPC classification number: A61B17/32 ,  A61B17/072 ,  A61B17/28 ,  A61B17/295 ,  A61B17/320016 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B2017/00017 ,  A61B2017/00398 ,  A61B2017/07264 ,  A61B2017/07285 ,  A61B2017/2927 ,  A61B2017/293 ,  A61B2017/320093 ,  A61B2017/320094 ,  A61B2018/1452 ,  A61B2034/305 ,  A61B2090/064 ,  A61B2090/066 ,  A61B2090/067

Abstract: Various exemplary systems, devices, and methods are provided for resisting torque in articulating surgical tools. In general, a surgical tool can include an elongate shaft having at a distal end thereof an end effector configured to engage tissue. The end effector can be configured to articulate relative to the elongate shaft. The surgical tool can include a cutting element configured to translate longitudinally along the end effector to cut the engaged tissue. When the end effector is articulated, the longitudinal translation of the cutting element along the end effector exerts a torque force on the end effector that urges the end effector away from its current angled orientation. The surgical tool can be configured to have a corrective tension or force applied thereto that counteracts the torque force.

公开(公告)号：US11504146B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-22

申请号：US16552402

申请日：2019-08-27

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Mark D. Overmyer

IPC: A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/295 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B17/072 ,  A61B17/29 ,  F16H1/06 ,  F16H1/20

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：US11497488B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US16017403

申请日：2018-06-25

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

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

IPC: A61B17/068 ,  G05F1/563 ,  A61B17/072 ,  B25F3/00 ,  B25F5/00 ,  G05F1/61 ,  G05F5/00 ,  G06F1/3296 ,  H02H3/087 ,  H02H3/18 ,  H02H7/12 ,  H02H11/00 ,  A61B90/00 ,  H02M1/00 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/29

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a surgical instrument. The method includes connecting a power assembly to a control circuit, wherein the power assembly is configured to provide a source voltage, energizing, by the power assembly, a voltage boost convertor circuit configured to provide a set voltage greater than the source voltage, and energizing, by the voltage boost convertor, one or more voltage convertors configured to provide one or more operating voltages to one or more circuit components.

公开(公告)号：US11490889B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-08

申请号：US17023661

申请日：2020-09-17

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Mark D. Overmyer ,  David C. Yates ,  Frederick E. Shelton, IV ,  Shane R. Adams ,  Richard L. Leimbach

IPC: A61B17/068 ,  H02P7/29 ,  A61B17/072 ,  A61B17/00

Abstract: A surgical stapler. The surgical stapler includes a drive system, an electric motor, a battery and a control system. The electric motor is mechanically coupled to the drive system. The battery is electrically couplable to the electric motor. The control system is electrically connected to the electric motor and includes an H-bridge circuit, an electrically resistive element and an electrically inductive element. The H-bridge circuit includes a high side and a low side. The low side of the H-bridge circuit includes first and second switching devices. The electrically resistive element is electrically connected in series with the first switching device. The electrically inductive element is electrically connected to the electrically resistive element. The control system is configured to control a force applied to the drive system based on a current downstream of the electrically resistive element.

公开(公告)号：US11219495B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-11

申请号：US16427818

申请日：2019-05-31

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Mark D. Overmyer ,  Benjamin Lawrence Bertram ,  Christopher A. Denzinger ,  Robert Louis Koch, Jr.

IPC: A61B17/072 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B17/068 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/29

Abstract: A method of operating a surgical tool includes sending a command signal from a computer system to a motor to drive rotation of a drive shaft mounted within a drive housing of the surgical tool, monitoring one or more operational parameters of the motor with one or more monitoring devices in communication with the computer system, and measuring an unexpected change in the operational parameters of the motor with the monitoring devices. The unexpected change includes a measured operational parameter that is inconsistent with the command signal. The unexpected change is reported to the computer system as a bailout signal, and the surgical tool is disabled once the bailout signal is received at the computer system.

公开(公告)号：US11202686B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-21

申请号：US16547270

申请日：2019-08-21

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Mark D. Overmyer

IPC: A61B17/072 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/068 ,  A61B17/29

Abstract: A robotic surgical tool includes a tool driver, a drive housing mountable to the tool driver and including one or more component parts made of or including a magnetically responsive material, a first inductor coil included on the tool driver and configured to generate a magnetic field, and a second inductor coil included on the drive housing and configured to measure an intensity of the magnetic field and a field distortion caused by the one or more component parts. A change in the field distortion provides an indication of movement of the one or more component parts.

公开(公告)号：US20210196411A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：US17143252

申请日：2021-01-07

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Omar J. Vakharia ,  James G. Lee ,  Matthew S. Corbin ,  Mark D. Overmyer ,  Cory G. Kimball

IPC: A61B34/30 ,  B25J13/00 ,  B25J13/02 ,  A61B17/072 ,  A61B18/14 ,  B25J13/08 ,  A61B34/00

Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes a robotic surgical assembly and a control assembly. The robotic surgical assembly includes a robotic actuation assembly, a processing device, and a first communication device. The robotic actuation assembly includes a robotic arm. The processing device is configured to instruct the robotic actuation assembly to perform a task based on a set of instructions. The first communication device is operable to transfer the set of instructions to the processing device. The control assembly includes a second communication device and a user input device. The second communication device is operable to communicate the set of instructions to the first communication device. The user input device assembly is configured to generate the set of instructions and send the set of instruction to the second communication device. At least a portion of the instructions are based on positioning of the user input device within three-dimensional space.

公开(公告)号：US20210059773A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US16554135

申请日：2019-08-28

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Mark D. Overmyer ,  Kris Eren Kallenberger

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

Abstract: A surgical tool includes a drive housing, a closure tube that extends from the drive housing, an end effector arranged at an end of the closure tube and having opposing jaws, and a closure yoke mounted to the closure tube and having a projection extending therefrom. A gearing assembly includes one or more spur gears attached to a corresponding one or more drive shafts such that rotation of the one or more drive shafts correspondingly rotates the one or more spur gears, and a closure cam gear positioned to intermesh with the one or more spur gears and defining a profile that receives the projection. Rotating the one or more spur gears causes the closure cam gear to rotate, which causes the projection to traverse the profile, and the projection traversing the profile urges the closure yoke and the closure tube to linearly displace and thereby actuate the jaws.

公开(公告)号：US10912618B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-09

申请号：US16802646

申请日：2020-02-27

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Omar J. Vakharia ,  James G. Lee ,  Matthew S. Corbin ,  Mark D. Overmyer ,  Cory G. Kimball

IPC: A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/00 ,  B25J13/00 ,  B25J13/02 ,  A61B17/072 ,  A61B18/14 ,  B25J13/08 ,  A61B17/32 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B34/20

Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes a robotic surgical assembly and a control assembly. The robotic surgical assembly includes a robotic actuation assembly, a processing device, and a first communication device. The robotic actuation assembly includes a robotic arm. The processing device is configured to instruct the robotic actuation assembly to perform a task based on a set of instructions. The first communication device is operable to transfer the set of instructions to the processing device. The control assembly includes a second communication device and a user input device. The second communication device is operable to communicate the set of instructions to the first communication device. The user input device assembly is configured to generate the set of instructions and send the set of instruction to the second communication device. At least a portion of the instructions are based on positioning of the user input device within three-dimensional space.

公开(公告)号：US10898185B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US16164094

申请日：2018-10-18

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Mark D. Overmyer ,  Brett E. Swensgard ,  Shane R. Adams ,  Thomas W. Lytle, IV ,  Richard L. Leimbach ,  Frederick E. Shelton, IV ,  Kevin L. Houser

IPC: A61B17/068 ,  G16H40/63 ,  G16H10/60 ,  A61B17/072 ,  A61B90/98 ,  G05B19/05 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/29 ,  A61B90/00 ,  G16H20/40

Abstract: A surgical instrument that includes a motion sensor configured to sense movement of the surgical instrument and a control circuit coupled to the motion sensor. The control circuit is configured to monitor the motion sensor to sense movement of the surgical instrument, transition the surgical instrument to a sleep mode when the surgical instrument has been stationary for a period above a predetermined threshold, and transition the surgical instrument to an operational mode when the surgical instrument has been moved. In the sleep mode the control circuit is configured to place a component of the surgical instrument in a low-power state. In the operational mode the control circuit is configured to activate the component of the surgical instrument.