Frederick E. Shelton, IV,Jerome R. Morgan,Kevin R. Doll,Jeffrey S. Swayze,Eugene L. Timperman
申请号:
US14224878
公开号:
US09743928B2
申请日:
2014.03.25
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要:
A surgical instrument comprises an articulable end effector; a drive shaft connected to the end effector that drives the end effector; an electric motor connected to the drive shaft that drives the drive shaft; a battery unit for supplying power to the electric motor; at least one sensor for sensing a status of the instrument; and an alphanumeric display located on the instrument and in communication with the at least one sensor. The alphanumeric display is for displaying alphanumeric characters that display visually to a user of the instrument a status of the instrument based on an input from the at least one sensor.