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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2021
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US);
Darryl A. Parks, Mason, OH (US);
Benjamin D. Dickerson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven G. Hall, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert J. Simms, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Spencer J. Witte, Los Altos, CA (US);
Taylor W. Aronhalt, Loveland, OH (US);
Paul Moubarak, West Chester, OH (US);
William C. Ryle, Covington, KY (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A method of operating an articulatable surgical instrument. The method includes providing a rotary drive motion to a rotary drive member of a surgical end effector and converting the rotary drive motion to an upper axial motion and a lower axial motion at locations that are distal to the articulation joint. The method further includes applying the upper axial motion to an upper portion of a firing member and applying the lower axial motion to a lower portion of the firing member such that the upper axial motion and lower axial motion drives the firing member distally through the surgical end effector from a starting position to an ending position.