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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
David Weir, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Grant Duque, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin Durant, Alameda, CA (US);
Patrick Flanagan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Maggie Nixon, San Jose, CA (US);
David Robinson, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Zabinski, Fremont, CA (US);
David Weir, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Grant Duque, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin Durant, Alameda, CA (US);
Patrick Flanagan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Maggie Nixon, San Jose, CA (US);
David Robinson, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Zabinski, Fremont, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
End effectors with closing mechanisms, and related tools and methods to facilitate clamping, are provided. An example surgical tool comprises a first and second jaw movable between a closed grasped or clamped configuration and an open configuration. The tool further comprises a soft grip mode for grasping the tissue at a first force during which a separation parameter between the jaws is measured, and a therapeutic clamping mode in which the jaws clamp on the body tissue at a force greater than the grasping force. The methods comprise grasping the body tissue between jaw members, measuring the separation parameter between jaws, indicating on a user interface the separation parameter for comparison to a desired separation parameter, and then releasing the body tissue for repositioning or therapeutically clamping the body tissue in response to the separation parameter indication.