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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2015
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
John A. Hibner, Mason, OH (US);
Geoffrey S. Strobl, Williamsburg, OH (US);
Thomas B. Remm, Milford, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
An electrosurgical device may include a front portion releasably attached to a reusable handle. The reusable handle may include a single motor configured to actuate a tissue knife mechanism and an articulation mechanism in the front portion. The reusable handle may include a controller configured to sense a position of a knife advancement control in the front portion and actuate the tissue knife via the motor when the knife advancement control is at a predetermined position. The controller may receive data from the front portion indicating that the front portion includes an articulation joint. If the front portion includes an articulation joint, the controller may actuate, via the motor, an articulation mechanism to adjust an angle of the articulation joint when an articulation control in the front portion is at a predetermined position. The reusable handle may be used with a front portion having or lacking an articulation joint.