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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2017
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Raymond E. Parfett, Loveland, OH (US);
Shane R. Adams, Lebanon, OH (US);
David C. Yates, West Chester, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A motorized surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a displacement member, a motor coupled to the displacement member, a control circuit coupled to the motor, a position sensor coupled to the control circuit, and a timer circuit coupled to the control circuit. The control circuit is configured to receive, from the position sensor, a position of the displacement member in a current zone defined by a set displacement interval, measure time at a set position of the displacement interval, wherein the measured time is defined as the time taken by the displacement member to traverse the displacement interval, and set a command velocity of the displacement member for a subsequent zone based on the measured time in the current predefined zone.