Title:
SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH A HARDWARE-ONLY CONTROL CIRCUIT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/133362
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
A surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes an electric motor and a control circuit. The control circuit includes a plurality of logic gates and a monostable multivibrator. The monostable multivibrator is connected to a first one of the logic gates. The control circuit is configured to alter a rate of action of a function of the surgical instrument by controlling a speed of rotation of the electric motor based on a sensed parameter.
Inventors:
SHELTON FREDERICK (US)
YATES DAVID (US)
BAKOS GREGORY (US)
HARRIS JASON (US)
YATES DAVID (US)
BAKOS GREGORY (US)
HARRIS JASON (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2018/066441
Publication Date:
July 16, 2020
Filing Date:
December 19, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ETHICON LLC (US)
International Classes:
A61B17/068; A61B17/115; H03K3/033; A61B17/00; A61B90/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SHIRTZ, Joseph F. et al. (US)
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