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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2023
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
John A. Hibner, Mason, OH (US);
Mark A. Davison, Maineville, OH (US);
Konstantin Zabotkin, Mason, OH (US);
Thomas B. Remm, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Veaceslav Arabagi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Lesley Wang, Braintree, MA (US);
Grace Elizabeth Olsen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert Andrew Desanti, Somerville, MA (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A method of replacing a consumable of a surgical tool includes securing the surgical tool, which includes a drive housing, an elongate shaft, an end effector arranged at a distal end of the shaft and including opposing first and second jaws, a wrist interposing the shaft and the end effector, and a plurality of drive cables extending proximally from the end effector and through the wrist. The method further includes moving the shaft proximally away from the end effector and deeper into the drive housing, detaching the drive cables from the jaws, removing the end effector and the wrist from proximal portions of the surgical tool, replacing the consumable of the surgical tool, reconnecting the end effector and the wrist to the proximal portions of the surgical tool, reconnecting the drive cables to the jaws, and moving the elongate shaft distally toward the wrist and the end effector.