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Richard L. Leimbach
Researcher at Ethicon Inc.
Publications - 32
Citations - 14597
Richard L. Leimbach is an academic researcher from Ethicon Inc.. The author has contributed to research in topics: Surgical instrument & Robot end effector. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 32 publications receiving 14597 citations.
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Surgical instrument soft stop
TL;DR: In this article, a surgical instrument includes a drive member movable by a drive motor between a home position and an end of stroke, and a mechanical stop is disposed at or near the end of the stroke and is structured to increase resistance to movement of the drive member from a first position to a second position.
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Articulatable surgical instrument comprising a firing drive
Wendy A. Kerr,Thomas W. Lytle,Mark D. Overmyer,Brett E. Swensgard,Richard L. Leimbach,Kevin D. Sackett +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, a surgical instrument can comprise a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, and an end effector rotatably coupled to the shaft by an articulation joint.
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Surgical instrument comprising a sensor system
TL;DR: In this paper, a surgical instrument can comprise a handle, a shaft assembly, a first sensor configured to detect a condition of the surgical instrument, and a second sensor configurable to detect the condition.
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Firing trigger lockout arrangements for surgical instruments
Iv Frederick E. Shelton,Jerome R. Morgan,Steven G. Hall,Richard L. Leimbach,Emily A. Schellin +4 more
TL;DR: Surgical end effectors and fastener cartridges having firing lockout arrangements for preventing or limiting a firing stroke when a cartridge has not been operably installed in the end effector or a spent cartridge has been replaced as mentioned in this paper.
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Tissue thickness compensator comprising a plurality of capsules
Venkataramanan Mandakolathur Vasudevan,Taylor W. Aronhalt,Jeffrey L. Aldridge,Charles J. Scheib,Chunlin Yang,Christopher J. Schall,Chester O. Baxter,Iksoo Chun,Rao S. Bezwada,Sean P. Conlon,Michael S. Cropper,Joshua Uth,Richard L. Leimbach,Donna L. Korvick +13 more
TL;DR: A tissue thickness compensator can include at least one medicament tube, capsule, and/or packet contained therein this paper, and it can also include a plurality of layers, such as polyethylene or polypropylene.