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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2017
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Kyle P. Moore, Woodstock, GA (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
William B. Weisenburgh, II, Maineville, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark H. Ransick, West Chester, OH (US);
Eugene L. Timperman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument comprising a handle, a motor configured to output a rotary motion, a drive system operably responsive to the rotary motion, a power source configured to supply power to the motor, an end effector, a firing member operably responsive to the drive system, and means for monitoring the current supplied to the motor and limiting the current supplied to the motor when the current draw exceeds a predetermined threshold is disclosed.