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Patent No.:

US 10898185 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2018

Surgical instrument power management through sleep and wake up control

Applicant:

Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);

Inventors:

Mark D. Overmyer, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Brett E. Swensgard, West Chester, OH (US);

Shane R. Adams, Lebanon, OH (US);

Thomas W. Lytle, IV, Liberty Township, OH (US);

Richard L. Leimbach, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);

Kevin L. Houser, Springboro, OH (US);

Assignee:

Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Nathaniel C Chukwurah

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/068 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); G05B 19/05 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); G05B 19/05 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00225 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00482 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0805 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0808 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02); G05B 2219/14018 (2013.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract

A surgical instrument that includes a motion sensor configured to sense movement of the surgical instrument and a control circuit coupled to the motion sensor. The control circuit is configured to monitor the motion sensor to sense movement of the surgical instrument, transition the surgical instrument to a sleep mode when the surgical instrument has been stationary for a period above a predetermined threshold, and transition the surgical instrument to an operational mode when the surgical instrument has been moved. In the sleep mode the control circuit is configured to place a component of the surgical instrument in a low-power state. In the operational mode the control circuit is configured to activate the component of the surgical instrument.

Published as:
EP2923647A2; EP2923648A2; EP2923649A1; US2015272572A1; US2015272557A1; US2015272570A1; WO2015148134A2; WO2015148135A2; WO2015148136A1; EP2923647A3; EP2923648A3; WO2015148134A3; WO2015148135A3; US2017209226A1; US9820738B2; US10004497B2; US2018353170A1; US2019117217A1; EP3524171A1; EP3524172A1; EP2923647B1; EP2923648B1; US10588626B2; EP2923648B8; EP3669794A1; EP3669795A1; EP3673817A1; EP3673818A1; US10863981B2; US10898185B2; EP3524171B1; EP3524172B1; EP4070738A1; EP3669794B1; EP3669794C0; EP3669795B1; EP3669795C0; EP3673817B1; EP3673817C0; EP4070738B1; EP4070738C0;

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