US 12,458,431 B2
Cut and seal instrument
Salvatore J. Brogna, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on May 30, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/426,376.
Application 16/426,376 is a division of application No. 14/492,763, filed on Sep. 22, 2014, granted, now 10,314,644.
Application 14/492,763 is a division of application No. 12/841,222, filed on Jul. 22, 2010, granted, now 8,858,547, issued on Oct. 14, 2014.
Application 12/841,222 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/705,418, filed on Feb. 12, 2010, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/157,554, filed on Mar. 5, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2019/0314081 A1, Oct. 17, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 18/1445 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0088 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00107 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00666 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00773 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00988 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1412 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1455 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1495 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0803 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical system, comprising:
a surgical instrument comprising:
a first jaw comprising a first tissue sealing electrode,
a second jaw comprising a second tissue sealing electrode, and
a pressure sensor configured to sense a clamping pressure against tissue positioned between the first tissue sealing electrode and the second tissue sealing electrode;
a surgeon console external to the surgical instrument and comprising an input device configured to be manipulated by and receive input from a user, and to transmit a first control command to actuate clamping movement of the first jaw and the second jaw relative to each other based on the input received at the input device; and
a controller operably coupled to the surgeon console and the surgical instrument, the controller configured to:
control actuation of the surgical instrument to perform a tissue sealing operation in response to receiving a second control command from the surgeon console, and
prior to receiving the second control command:
receive the first control command from the surgeon console and control actuation of the clamping movement of the first jaw and the second jaw of the surgical instrument in response to receiving the first control command,
receive the clamping pressure sensed by the pressure sensor, and
in response to the clamping pressure sensed by the pressure sensor reaching a predetermined threshold clamping pressure sufficient for the tissue sealing operation, cause the surgeon console to output haptic feedback to the user at the input device, the haptic feedback providing an indication of the clamping pressure being sufficient to perform the tissue sealing operation.