US 12,329,467 B2
Method of hub communication with surgical instrument systems
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US); and Jason L Harris, Lebanon, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/666,962.
Application 17/666,962 is a continuation of application No. 16/172,219, filed on Oct. 26, 2018, granted, now 11,291,510.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/665,129, filed on May 1, 2018.
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Prior Publication US 2022/0241027 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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1. A method for providing tactile feedback to a clinician using a surgical hub and a surgical instrument system, comprising:
assembling a shaft assembly to a handle comprising an actuation trigger;
surrounding said actuation trigger with an electroactive polymer;
actuating said electroactive polymer so that said electroactive polymer can apply a force to said actuation trigger upon completion of a function of the surgical instrument system; and
alerting the clinician to the completion of the function of the surgical instrument system by way of tactile feedback through the handle.