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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Inventors:
John A. Hibner, Mason, OH (US);
Andrew Crews, Maineville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 18/1442 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0803 (2016.02); A61B 2560/0266 (2013.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a surgical tool includes mounting the surgical tool to a tool driver. The surgical tool includes one or more drive cables movable to actuate an end effector, and one or more segments are defined along a portion of at least one of the one or more drive cables and each segment exhibits a usage value. Usage of the drive cables is monitored with a computer system in communication with the tool driver, and the usage value of one or more of the segments is altered based on usage of the surgical tool.