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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2015
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin L. Houser, Springboro, OH (US);
Stephanie J. Muir, Loveland, OH (US);
Louis T. DeLuca, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Daniel W. Price, Loveland, OH (US);
William D. Boyd, Mason, OH (US);
Galen C. Robertson, Apex, NC (US);
Michael J. O'Neil, West Barnstable, MA (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A surgical device comprising an end effector is disclosed. The surgical device comprises a trigger actuatable to cause the end effector to be energized and a circuit in communication with the trigger. The circuit is configured to, when a first level of force is applied to the trigger, drive the end effector at a first level, when a second level of force is applied to the trigger, drive the end effector at a second level, and, delay by a first period of time between indicating a change in the force applied to the trigger from the first level of force to the second level of force and a change from driving the end effector at the first level to driving the end effector at the second level, wherein the first period of time is sufficient to give a user a warning about the change in the force.