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Patent No.:

US 10932778 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2018

Powered surgical cutting and stapling apparatus with manually retractable firing system

Applicant:

Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);

Inventors:

Bret W. Smith, South Lebanon, OH (US);

Daniel J. Abbott, Maple Valley, WA (US);

Richard F. Schwemberger, Cincinnati, OH (US);

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

Chad P. Boudreaux, Cincinnati, OH (US);

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

Ryan J. Laurent, Loveland, OH (US);

Assignee:

Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Scott A Smith

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/105 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/0686 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/10 (2013.01); G06F 19/00 (2013.01); A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2923 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2946 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320052 (2013.01);
Abstract

A surgical system is disclosed including a frame, an electric motor, a power source configured to supply power to the electric motor, a firing member, a manual release for retracting the firing member, and a controller for de-energizing the electric motor while a retraction motion is applied to the firing member. The electric motor is configured to impart a firing motion to the firing member.

Published as:
US2010089970A1; WO2010042786A2; WO2010042786A3; EP2349022A2; CN102176869A; JP2012505046A; CN102176869B; US2013184718A1; JP5367830B2; US8608045B2; US9370364B2; US2016174984A1; EP2349022B1; US10149683B2; US2019133585A1; BRPI0920403A2; US10932778B2; BRPI0920403B1; US2021212691A1; US2021244411A1; US2022225992A1; US11583279B2; US11730477B2; US11793521B2; US2024122598A1; US12262892B2;

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