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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2020
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Chester O. Baxter, III, Loveland, OH (US);
Richard L. Leimbach, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael J. Stokes, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cory G. Kimball, Hamilton, OH (US);
Taylor W. Aronhalt, Loveland, OH (US);
Matthew S. Corbin, Placentia, CA (US);
Pierre R. Mesnil, Newport, KY (US);
Nicholas J. Ross, Franklin, OH (US);
Shane R. Adams, Lebanon, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A surgical instrument comprising a handle, a shaft rotatable relative to the handle, and an articulation joint rotatable relative to the shaft. The surgical instrument further comprises a motor-driven articulation system including articulation controls which are flipped by a control system of the surgical instrument when the shaft is rotated upside down relative to the handle.