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Patent No.:

US 11471157 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2020

Articulation control mapping for a surgical instrument

Applicant:

Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Michelle Lopez

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0019 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07228 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2936 (2013.01); A61B 2090/036 (2016.02);
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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Baxter, III, Chester. (2022). Articulation control mapping for a surgical instrument (U.S. Patent No. 11471157). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11471157

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