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US 5,383,880 AGranted
Endoscopic surgical system with sensing means
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorMichael D. Hooven
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Abstract
An endoscopic surgical system which includes an instrument for carrying out a step in the procedure. The instrument is power operated and the system includes sensing means to control the operation of the instrument.
Claims6
An endoscopic instrument comprising:
- an endoscopic distal head portion for carrying out a step in an endoscopic surgical procedure, said step in an endoscopic procedure including tissue manipulation, stapling, ligation, cutting or the combination of such steps;
- a shaft connected to and extending proximally from said head portion,
- means for applying a motion to said shaft,
- means disposed in said head portion for translating the motion applied to the shaft into a force and/or motion of the head portion to carry out the step in the procedure, p1 sensing means for measuring motion of a predetermined part of said head portion, said sensing means disposed in said head portion;
- and
- control means for controlling of the force and/or motion of the head portion said control means interconnected with said sensing means.
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An endoscopic instrument comprising:
- an endoscopic distal head portion for carrying out a step in an endoscopic surgical procedure,
- a shaft connected to and extending proximally from said head portion,
- means for applying a motion to said shaft,
- means disposed in said head portion for translating the motion applied to the shaft into a force and/or motion of the head portion to carry out the step in the procedure,
- sensing means for measuring motion of a predetermined part of said head portion, said sensing means disposed in said head portion;
- control means for controlling of the force and/or motion of the head portion said control means interconnected with said sensing means;
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- wherein the instrument is a clip applier for applying a multiplicity of ligating clips to vessels to close the vessels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.