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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
May. 31, 2021
Applicant:
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Inventors:
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard L. Leimbach, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark D. Overmyer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/105 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 34/74 (2016.02); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 17/115 (2013.01); A61B 17/1114 (2013.01); A61B 17/1155 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00353 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00685 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2943 (2013.01); A61B 2090/033 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/069 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0803 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02);
Abstract
A surgical instrument. The surgical instrument has a force delivery system which communicates a changing force to a user of the surgical instrument when a limit of a surgical function is reached. A sensor senses position of a moving element to communicate a signal to the force delivery system. In various embodiments, the system generates a vibratory force to signal the user.