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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Scott E. Manzo, Shelton, CT (US);
William A. Burbank, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/32 (2016.01); A61B 17/295 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 17/295 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/32 (2016.02); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 34/74 (2016.02); A61B 34/77 (2016.02); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00119 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2926 (2013.01); A61B 2034/306 (2016.02);
Abstract
A method of operating an end effector of a surgical instrument includes supplying voltage to a motor disposed in a transmission mechanism of a surgical instrument having a shaft and an end effector at a distal end of the shaft; moving a component of the end effector between a first position and a second position via a drive system coupled to the motor; and placing a limit switch in a first state during moving of the end effector component, and in a second state when the end effector component is at one of the first position or the second position.