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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
May. 31, 2023
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
John A. Hibner, Mason, OH (US);
Mark A. Davison, Maineville, OH (US);
Tom Remm, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Konstantin Zabotkin, Mason, OH (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 extending distally from the drive housing, an end effector arranged at a distal end of the shaft, and a wrist interposing the distal end of the shaft and the end effector. The method further includes moving the elongate shaft proximally and thereby exposing internal portions of the wrist and the end effector, moving the end effector distally to separate the end effector from the wrist, disconnecting the end effector from proximal portions of the surgical tool, replacing the consumable of the surgical tool, reconnecting the end effector to the proximal portions of the surgical tool, moving the end effector proximally to re-attach the end effector to the wrist, and moving the shaft distally to occlude the internal portions of the wrist and the end effector.