US 11,723,662 B2
Stapling instrument comprising an articulation control display
Richard L. Leimbach, Cincinnati, OH (US); Nina Mastroianni, Cincinnati, OH (US); Craig P. Siders, Beavercreek, OH (US); Timothy L. Guest, Cincinnati, OH (US); Zhifan F. Huang, Mason, OH (US); Thomas A. Stoughton, Cincinnati, OH (US); Nicholas J. Ross, Franklin, OH (US); and John Kevin Bruce, Morrow, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/728,101.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/234,396, filed on Aug. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/194,621, filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378420 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/07207 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0686 (2013.01); A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0003 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00075 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00119 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00128 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07228 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02)] 15 Claims
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10. A surgical instrument assembly, comprising:
a handle comprising articulation control actuators;
a shaft assembly rotatable relative to said handle, wherein said shaft assembly comprises:
an elongate shaft;
an articulation joint; and
an end effector articulatable relative to said elongate shaft by way of said articulation joint; and
a control circuit configured to:
identify an orientation state of said shaft assembly relative to said handle;
map an output of said control circuit in response to an input from said articulation control actuators based on said identified orientation state; and
alert a user as to how said output has been mapped.