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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2021
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Aleksandar Marinkovic, Brookline, MA (US);
Dale E. Whipple, Nashua, NH (US);
Jordan A. Whisler, Brookline, MA (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a handpiece including a housing and a motor disposed in the housing. An end effector assembly is operably coupled to the handpiece. The motor actuates the end effector assembly. A temperature measurement assembly is in the housing. The temperature measurement assembly measures a temperature of the motor. The temperature measurement assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB) including an orifice extending through the PCB. An infrared (IR) sensor is on the PCB. The IR sensor transmits IR light to a temperature measurement location of the motor through the orifice of the PCB. The IR sensor detects IR light reflected from the temperature measurement location of the motor to determine a temperature of the temperature measurement location of the motor.