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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael J. Stokes, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David N. Plescia, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David Stefanchik, Morrow, OH (US);
Omar J. Vakharia, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Andrew Yoo, Cincinnati, OH (US);
James T. Spivey, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Christopher J. Hess, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for controlling movement of a distal end of a surgical instrument. In general, the methods and devices can allow for controlling movement of surgical tools, and in particular for causing mimicked motion between an external control unit and a surgical tool positioned within a patient's body. In one embodiment, a surgical system is provided having a master assembly including an input tool and a slave assembly including a surgical instrument. The master assembly and the slave assembly can be configured to be electronically coupled together such that movement of the master assembly can be electronically communicated to the slave assembly to cause mimicked movement of the slave assembly.