US 12,239,336 B2
Surgical instruments, control assemblies, and surgical systems facilitating manipulation and visualization
James D. Allen, IV, Broomfield, CO (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/087,121.
Application 18/087,121 is a continuation of application No. 16/385,063, filed on Apr. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,553,938.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/666,218, filed on May 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0131852 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/29 (2013.01) [A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00075 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2902 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2903 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2908 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2946 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320071 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320074 (2017.08); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A surgical system, comprising:
an end effector assembly configured to grasp tissue;
at least one motor drive configured to drive movement of the end effector assembly, wherein the movement includes at least one of rotation or articulation;
at least one input device configured to receive an input command from a user; and
a controller coupled to the at least one input device and the at least one motor drive, the controller configured to operate in each of a standard mode and a reversed mode, wherein:
in the standard mode, in response to receipt of the input command at the at least one input device, the controller is configured to provide a first drive command to instruct the at least one motor drive to drive the movement of the end effector assembly in a first direction; and
in the reversed mode, in response to receipt of the input command at the at least one input device, the controller is configured to provide a second drive command to instruct the at least one motor drive to drive the movement of the end effector assembly in a second direction opposite the first direction,
wherein the controller is configured to operate in either the standard mode or the reversed mode based on a position of the end effector assembly relative to a surgical camera.