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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Richard L. Leimbach, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Raymond E. Parfett, Loveland, OH (US);
Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
Various systems and methods of controlling a surgical instrument are disclosed. In one aspect, the surgical instrument includes an end effector that is pivotable between an unarticulated position and an articulated position, a knife bar movable between an unfired position and a fired position. The surgical instrument is configured to determine a firing state according to whether the knife bar is moving between the unfired position and the fired position, determine an articulation state according to whether the displacement member is moving between the first position and the second position, and then initiate a power shutdown mode according to the firing state and the articulation state.