![]() ![]() The method of claim 12, wherein separately controlling the cutting function includes preventing initiation of the cutting function until the clamping function is substantially completed.ġ4. Separately controlling a cutting function of the working end of the instrument in response to input received from a second input device.ġ3. ![]() A method of controlling multiple functions of a working end of a computer- controlled surgical instrument, the method comprising:Ĭontrolling a clamping function of the working end of the instrument in response to input received from a first input device and The computer-controlled surgical system of claim 1, further comprising an input device for controlling an energy application function of the working end.ġ2. The computer-controlled surgical system of claim 1, wherein the surgical instrument is an electrosurgical instrument, and further comprising an electrosurgical unit for supplying energy to one or more electrodes in the working end of the instrument.ġ 1. The computer-controlled surgical system of claim 8, wherein the third input controls application of energy to the working end of the instrument independently of the clamping function and independently of the cutting function of the working end.ġ0. The computer-controlled surgical system of claim 1, wherein the control system further includes a third input for controlling an energy application to the working end of the surgical instrument.ĩ. The computer-controlled surgical system of claim 6, wherein the control system is further configured to substantially simultaneously initiate the cutting function and the fusing function of the working end of the instrument in response to input from the second input device.Ĩ. The computer-controlled surgical system of claim 5, wherein the second input device comprises a first function control for cutting and a second function control for fusing.ħ. ![]() The computer- control led surgical system of claim 1, wherein the second input device controls both a cutting function and a fusing function of the working end.Ħ. The computer-controlled surgical system of claim 3, wherein the second input device controls movement of the reciprocating element within a second range in which the tissue cutting element is advanced into the tissue clamping area to cut tissue between the jaws.ĥ. The computer-controlled surgical system of claim 2, wherein the first input device controls movement of the reciprocating element within a first range to move the jaws from an open position to a closed position without advancing the tissue cutting element into a tissue clamping area of the jaws.Ĥ. The computer-controlled surgical system of claim 1, wherein the working end includes a set of jaws for clamping tissue and a reciprocating element with a tissue cutting element.ģ. A computer- controlled surgical system, comprising Ī surgical instrument having a working end andĪ control system configured to separately control a clamping function of the working end and a cutting function of the working end, wherein the control system is operatively connected to a first input device for controlling the clamping function of the working end and a second input device for controlling the cutting function of the working end.Ģ. ![]()
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