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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2015
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Simon R. Grover, Cambridge, GB;
Charles F. Kilby, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Daniel L. Fuller, Haverhill, GB;
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
An instrument control unit for use with a surgical instrument, is provided. The instrument control unit comprises first and second plates, first and second lead screws, first and second yokes, and first and second motors. The first and second plates define a sleeve therebetween. Each of the first and second lead screws is disposed between the first and second plates. Each of the first and second yokes is threadedly engaged with its respective lead screw. The motors are disposed in mechanical cooperation with respective lead screws. Actuation of the motors causes rotation of its respective lead screw, which results in movement of its respective yoke along the longitudinal axis, and which is configured to effect a first function of a surgical instrument engaged with the instrument control unit.