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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2015
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eitan T. Wiener, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brian T. Noyes, Mason, OH (US);
Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Lebanon, OH (US);
James R. Giordano, Milford, OH (US);
Robert J. Beetel, III, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel J. Abbott, Loveland, OH (US);
Foster B. Stulen, Mason, OH (US);
Matthew C. Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Aaron C. Voegele, Loveland, OH (US);
Jeffrey P. Wiley, Milford, OH (US);
Nathan J. Price, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Daniel W. Price, Loveland, OH (US);
Robert L. Koch, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon Surgery, LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments are directed to a method of driving an end effector coupled to an ultrasonic drive system of a surgical instrument. The method comprises generating at least one electrical signal. The at least one electrical signal is monitored against a first set of logic conditions. A first response is triggered when the first set of logic conditions is met. A parameter is determined from the at least one electrical signal.