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Motor-driven surgical cutting and fastening instrument with adaptive user feedback

  • US 20070175957A1
  • Filed: 01/31/2006
  • Published: 08/02/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical cutting, and fastening instrument comprising:

  • an end effector comprising a cutting instrument for cutting an object positioned in the end effector;

    a main drive shaft assembly connected to the end effector; and

    a handle connected to the main drive shaft assembly, wherein the handle comprises;

    a motor for actuating the main drive shaft assembly via a gear drive train;

    a firing trigger;

    a run motor sensor for sensing retracting of the firing trigger, wherein, when retraction of the firing trigger is sensed by the run motor sensor, the motor is signaled to forward rotate to cause cutting of the object positioned in the end effector by the cutting instrument; and

    at least one sensor for sensing a condition indicative of the position of the cutting instrument in the end effector.

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