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US 12,758,218 B2Granted
End tool, cartridge, surgical instrument, and operating method of surgical instrument
AssigneeLivsmed Inc.
InventorsJae Yeong Lee, Hee Jin Kim, Jwa Nyun Kim, Dong Hoon Kang, Tae Jin Park
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Abstract
There is provided a surgical instrument including an end tool including a jaw, a driving part, and a detection member, wherein the jaw is formed to accommodate at least one region of an operation member movable in one direction, the driving part is formed to provide a driving force necessary for the operation member to move, the detection member detects driving information of the driving part, and position information of the operation member is identified through the driving information detected by the detection member.
Claims11
A surgical instrument comprising:
- an end tool including a jaw;
- a driving part;
- and
- a detection member,
- wherein the jaw is formed to accommodate at least one region of an operation member movable in one direction,
- the driving part includes a motor member and one or more pulleys connected to the motor member to transmit a driving force to the operation member,
- the detection member is configured to detect driving information of the driving part,
- position information of the operation member is determined by comparing the driving information detected by the detection member with reference information, and
- the reference information being information on a rotation amount of the motor member or a rotation amount of the one or more pulleys required for the operation member to move an entire distance from a distal end to a proximal end of the jaw.
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