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Patent No.:

US 9439649 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2012

Surgical instrument having force feedback capabilities

Applicant:

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventors:

Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);

Jerome J. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Richard L. Leimbach, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Mark D. Overmyer, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Gloria R Weeks

Assistant Examiner:

Eyamindae Jallow

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/03 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/105 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 17/115 (2013.01); A61B 17/1114 (2013.01); A61B 17/1155 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00353 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00685 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2943 (2013.01);
Abstract

A surgical instrument. The surgical instrument has a force delivery system which communicates a changing force to a user of the surgical instrument when a limit of a surgical function is reached. A sensor senses position of a moving element to communicate a signal to the force delivery system. In various embodiments, the system generates a vibratory force to signal the user.

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Find Patent Forward Citations

Shelton, IV, Frederick. (2016). Surgical instrument having force feedback capabilities (U.S. Patent No. 9439649). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9439649

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