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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
May. 18, 2021
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
David E. Valentine, Jr., Hamden, CT (US);
Charles R. Kollar, Washington, DC (US);
Alexander J. Hart, Tolland, CT (US);
Justin Williams, Southbury, CT (US);
Haley E. Strassner, Hamden, CT (US);
James P. Delbo, Danville, PA (US);
COVIDEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for powered surgical stapling instrument rotation adjustment includes measuring a change in position of a first motor shaft of the surgical stapling instrument relative to a stored rotation verification position of the first motor shaft resulting from manual rotation of an adapter assembly of the surgical stapling instrument in relation to a handle assembly of the surgical stapling instrument, determining a distance traveled by a first drive assembly of the adapter assembly of the surgical stapling instrument resulting from the change in position of the first motor shaft, comparing the determined distance traveled to a first stored rotation verification position of the first motor shaft, determining if the compared distance falls into a predetermined acceptable range of rotation positions, and adjusting the position of the drive shaft if the compared distance is not within the predetermined range.