Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power management through sleep options of segmented circuit and wake up control
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Application No.: US14226117Application Date: 2014-03-26
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Publication No.: US10013049B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Richard L. Leimbach , Shane R. Adams , Brett E. Swensgard , Mark D. Overmyer
- Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Main IPC: G06F1/32
- IPC: G06F1/32 ; A61B17/072 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a surgical instrument control circuit. The control circuit includes a primary processor, a safety processor in signal communication with the primary processor, and a segmented circuit. The segmented circuit includes a plurality of circuit segments in signal communication with the primary processor. The plurality of circuit segments includes a power segment. The safety processor is configured to transition the primary processor and at least one of the plurality of circuit segments from an active mode to a sleep mode and from the sleep mode to the active mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150272574A1 POWER MANAGEMENT THROUGH SLEEP OPTIONS OF SEGMENTED CIRCUIT AND WAKE UP CONTROL Public/Granted day:2015-10-01
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