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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2018
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
David Perdue, Montgomery, OH (US);
Jain Hitesh, Maharashtra, IN;
Robert Householder, Lebanon, OH (US);
Gregory Skinner, West Chester, OH (US);
Joshua Dean Young, Loveland, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring one or more cables of surgical tools are provided. The systems generally include a surgical tool with an end effector that has at least one function and a drive system that is operably coupled to the end effector and operably coupled to at least one motor. The drive system has at least one cable, and the drive system is configured to drive the at least one function on the end effector through actuation of the at least one cable. A control system is configured to actuate the at least one motor to drive the drive system and to preemptively detect failure of the at least one cable of the drive system.