Stryker Corporation

Douglas Paul Hines

Ryan Jefferis

Sean Christopher Laughery

Rahul Sharma

Sergey Belikov

Beau Michael Kidman

Blake William Latchford

Thomas Bowen Sprinkle

A face frame including features for coupling the surgical garment to a surgical helmet. The face frame () comprises a lower beam () connected by a pair of posts (). The posts of the face frame comprise a face frame coupler () configured to removably couple the face frame to a surgical helmet.

Surgical helmet assembly with a reconfigurable chin bar

One embodiment relates to a handheld surgical instrument that comprises a rotary surgical end effector and a coupler configured to cause rotation of the same. The handheld surgical instrument further comprises a motor, which is configured to drive a motor output region. The handheld surgical instrument further comprises a transmission, which defines a transmission input region that interfaces with the motor output region and a transmission output region coupled to the transmission input region. The transmission output region is operably coupled to the coupler, and the transmission is configured to alter the speed of the coupler relative to the motor output region. The motor output region and the transmission input region interface one another at a motor-transmission interface, and the motor-transmission interface comprises a motor-transmission backlash such that drive of the motor output region within the motor-transmission backlash does not cause rotation of the rotary surgical end effector.

Handheld surgical instrument and method for supplying tactile feedback to a user during a kickback event

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Kalamazoo, MI, United States of America

Douglas Paul Hines