Signal and power communication system positioned on a rotatable shaft

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9901342
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14640799

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A surgical instrument assembly can comprise a handle including an electric motor, a shaft assembly including a drive member, and a magnet configured to generate a magnetic field. The surgical instrument assembly further comprises, one, a rotatable output shaft operably coupled with the electric motor and the drive member and, two, a wire coil wound around the output shaft which is positioned in the magnetic field. The wire coil is rotated within the magnetic field when the output shaft is rotated about a longitudinal axis which induces a current in the wire coil. The surgical instrument assembly further comprises a strain gauge mounted to the output shaft configured to detect strain created within the output shaft and, in addition, a circuit mounted to the output shaft, wherein the circuit and/or the strain gauge is powered by the current induced in the wire coil.

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  • ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Harris, Jason L Lebanon, US 1471 422879
Shelton,, IV Frederick E Hillsboro, US 3144 1553754
Yates, David C West Chester, US 661 299899

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