Frederick E. Shelton, IV,Mark D. Overmyer,David C. Yates,Jason L. Harris
申请号：
US15043259
公开号：
US10448948B2
申请日:
2016.02.12
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
A surgical apparatus includes an end effector configured to interact with a tissue and a surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes at least one drive mechanism operable to effect at least one motion in the end effector. The surgical instrument further includes one or more vibration sensors configured to record vibrations generated by the at least one drive mechanism, wherein the one or more vibration sensors are configured to generate an output signal based on the sensed vibrations, and wherein the output signal is employed to select between an acceptable status, a marginal status, and a critical status of the surgical instrument.
