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AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsRichard L. Leimbach, Raymond E. Parfett, Mark D. Overmyer, Gregory J. Bakos
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Various systems and methods of controlling a surgical instrument are disclosed. The surgical instrument can include one or more sensors that are configured to detect or measure parameters associated with the use of the instrument and a display. A control circuit can be configured to detect whether the instrument is articulating, firing, clamping, and so on according to relationships between the detected parameters. The control circuit can further cause the display to display an image or sequences of images according to the particular operational state of the instrument. The images can provide alerts, instructions on how to use the instrument, or information detected by the one or more sensors, such as the position of the knife during transection.
A method of displaying an image on a surgical instrument comprising a handle assembly, a modular component interchangeably connectable to the handle assembly, a sensor configured to detect a parameter associated with the handle assembly and/or the modular component, and a display, the method comprising:
A method of displaying an image on a surgical instrument comprising a handle assembly, a modular component interchangeably connectable to the handle assembly, a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of parameters associated with the handle assembly and/or the modular component, and a display, the method comprising:
A method of operating a surgical instrument comprising a handle assembly, a modular component interchangeably connectable to the handle assembly, a first sensor configured to detect a first parameter associated with the handle assembly and/or the modular component, and a second sensor configured to detect a second parameter associated with the handle assembly and/or the modular component, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.