Systems and methods of displaying a knife position for a surgical instrument

Various systems and methods of controlling a surgical instrument are disclosed. In one aspect, the surgical instrument includes a displacement member movable between a first position and a second position, a sensor configured to detect the position of the displacement member, and a display. The surg...

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Main Authors Parfett, Raymond E, Bakos, Gregory J, Leimbach, Richard L
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.10.2020
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PHYSICS
SURGERY
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Summary:Various systems and methods of controlling a surgical instrument are disclosed. In one aspect, the surgical instrument includes a displacement member movable between a first position and a second position, a sensor configured to detect the position of the displacement member, and a display. The surgical instrument is configured to determine whether the surgical instrument is in a firing state and cause the display to display the position of the displacement member upon the surgical instrument being in the firing state.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201715720811