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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2024
Revmedica, Inc., Middletown, CT (US);
Thomas G. Wenchell, Jr., Durham, CT (US);
C. Robert Satti, Iii, Westbrook, CT (US);
Dawson Hettrick, Branford, CT (US);
REVMEDICA, INC., Middletown, CT (US);
Abstract
A power pack removably loadable into a compartment of an instrument. The power pack has a first motor and a first engagement member removably engageable with a firing mechanism to effect firing of fasteners and a second motor and second engagement member removably engageable with an articulation mechanism when the power pack is loaded into the compartment to effect movement of the articulation mechanism from a first position to a second position. A display screen indicates one or more of the following a) a specific direction and angle of the first and second jaws with respect to the longitudinal axis; b) a tissue force during firing of fasteners; c) a clamping force by the instrument jaws on tissue prior to firing; and/or d) change in clamping force over time. The display screen can alternatively be on the instrument.