Inventor

YATES DAVID C

US551 patents

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YATES DAVID C

CILAG GMBH INT

Surgical instrument including a drive assembly movable in a non-motorized mode of operation

Method of hub communication

Motor-driven surgical cutting instrument

Surgical suturing instrument configured to manipulate tissue using mechanical and electrical power

Self-guiding stapling instrument

Method of hub communication, processing, display, and cloud analytics

Surgical stapling system including an impedance sensor

Surgical suturing instrument comprising a capture width which is larger than trocar diameter

Method of robotic hub communication, detection, and control

Surgical instrument assembly including a removably attachable end effector

Method for producing a surgical instrument comprising a smart electrical system

Method of hub communication with surgical instrument systems

Surgical instrument including an electronic firing lockout

Surgical stapling system comprising a controller configured to cause a motor to reset a firing sequence

Motorized surgical stapling system including a sensing array

Sensing arrangements for robot-assisted surgical platforms

Surgical system distributed processing

Surgical instrument configured to determine firing path

Modular stapling assembly

Surgical instrument with detection sensors

Surgical system couplable with staple cartridge and radio frequency cartridge, and method of using same

Cooperative utilization of data derived from secondary sources by intelligent surgical hubs

Modular battery powered handheld surgical instrument with motor drive

Modular battery powered handheld surgical instrument with selective application of energy based on tissue characterization

Controllers for robot-assisted surgical platforms

Cloud-based medical analytics for security and authentication trends and reactive measures

Systems and methods for controlling a surgical stapling and cutting instrument

Surgical instrument comprising a display

Modular stapling assembly

Surgical instrument with user adaptable techniques

Surgical instrument including a variable speed firing member

Shaft module circuitry arrangements

ETHICON LLC

Staple instrument comprising a firing path display

Motor-driven surgical cutting instrument

Surgical instrument with detection sensors

Surgical stapler having motor control based on an electrical parameter related to a motor current

Motorized surgical instrument

Adaptive control program updates for surgical devices

Method of using reinforced flexible circuits with multiple sensors to optimize performance of radio frequency devices

Closed loop feedback control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument based on measured time over a specified displacement distance

Surgical instrument cartridge sensor assemblies

Mechanisms for compensating for drivetrain failure in powered surgical instruments

Surgical stapler having downstream current-based motor control

Communication hub and storage device for storing parameters and status of a surgical device to be shared with cloud based analytics systems

Surgical hub coordination of control and communication of operating room devices

Surgical instruments with separable motors and motor control circuits

Surgical instrument comprising a projector

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY LLC

Mechanisms for compensating for drivetrain failure in powered surgical instruments

Modular battery powered handheld surgical instrument with self-diagnosing control switches for reusable handle assembly

Modular battery powered handheld surgical instrument with selective application of energy based on button displacement, intensity, or local tissue characterization