US 12,262,937 B2
User interface for surgical instrument with combination energy modality end-effector
Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US); Craig N. Faller, Batavia, OH (US); Justin S. Cramer, Loveland, OH (US); Steven M. Boronyak, Cincinnati, OH (US); Ellen E. Burkart, Liberty Township, OH (US); Monica L. Z. Rivard, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on May 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/887,499.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,294, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0196345 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/14 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0019 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00607 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0072 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00732 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00767 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00916 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00922 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00958 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00994 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1253 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1412 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical instrument, comprising:
a housing;
an end-effector, comprising:
an ultrasonic blade configured to couple to an ultrasonic transducer and to a pole of an electrical generator; and
a clamp arm, comprising:
a clamp jaw pivotally movable about a pivot point; and
an electrode defining a surface configured to contact tissue and apply electrical energy to the tissue, wherein the electrode is configured to couple to an opposite pole of the electrical generator;
a user interface, comprising:
an indicator to display a list of the plurality of energy modes, wherein, for each of the plurality of energy modes, the electrical generator stores corresponding instructions for delivering energy to the surgical instrument according to a predefined algorithm;
a mode selection button switch actuatable to toggle through the list of the plurality of energy modes displayed by the indicator and select an energy mode from the list of the plurality of energy modes; and
a first activation button switch actuatable to cause the electrical generator to deliver energy to the surgical instrument according to the selected energy mode, wherein selecting a first energy mode of the plurality of energy modes and actuating the first activation button switch causes the electrical generator to sequentially deliver two or more energy sources to the surgical instrument; and
a circuit couplable to the electrical generator and the user interface, wherein the circuit is to:
receive the list of the plurality of energy modes from the electrical generator;
cause the indicator to display the list of the plurality of energy modes;
receive a mode selection signal from the user interface based on actuating the mode selection button switch to the selected energy mode; and
transmit a parameter adjustment signal to the generator based on receiving the mode selection signal, wherein transmitting the parameter adjustment signal causes the electrical generator to adjust parameters for delivering energy according to the selected energy mode.