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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2013
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert L. Koch, Jr., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel L. Baber, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Richard L. Leimbach, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A joy stick control assembly for operating a motor driven surgical instrument. In at least one form, the joystick control assembly comprises a first switch assembly that is movably supported by a housing. The first switch assembly may include a joystick that is movably mounted thereto such that pivotal movement of the joystick relative to the first switch assembly causes at least one corresponding control signal to be sent to at least one motor communicating therewith. The joystick control assembly may further include a second switch assembly that comprises a first sensor and a second sensor that is movable with the first switch assembly such that movement of the second sensor relative to the first sensor causes at least one other control signal to be sent to another one of the surgical instrument motors.