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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
May. 20, 2020
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Kevin D. Felder, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michel G. Bruehwiler, Newton, MA (US);
Cole Constantineau, Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniel J. Yasevac, Arlington, MA (US);
Mary T. Carter, Boston, MA (US);
Jeffrey Chagnon, Somerville, MA (US);
Kevin Delsignore, Brighton, MA (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
Various exemplary systems, devices, and methods for robotic bi-polar instruments are provided. In general, a surgical tool can include an elongate shaft, an end effector, a wrist that couples the end effector to the shaft at a distal end of the shaft, and a tool housing coupled to a proximal end of the shaft that is configured to control the operation various features associated with the end effector and to operatively couple to a robotic surgical system.