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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Richard L. Leimbach, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Shane R. Adams, Lebanon, OH (US);
Mark D. Overmyer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brett E. Swensgard, West Chester, OH (US);
Thomas W. Lytle, IV, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Kevin L. Houser, Springboro, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00137 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00725 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical system can include an electric motor, a sensor and a microcontroller in signal communication with the electric motor and the sensor. In various instances, the microcontroller can adjust the velocity of a firing element when the sensor detects a change in current drawn by the electric motor that exceeds a threshold amount.
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