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Thomas W. Lytle
Researcher at Ethicon Inc.
Publications - 16
Citations - 5690
Thomas W. Lytle is an academic researcher from Ethicon Inc.. The author has contributed to research in topics: Surgical instrument & Modular design. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 16 publications receiving 5690 citations.
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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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Device for applying adjunct in endoscopic procedure
Brian W. Bear,Thu Anh Le,Thomas W. Lytle,Mark D. Overmyer,Michael Setser,Bret W. Smith,Joseph Zavatsky,Kreena B. Modi +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a modular end effector is used to deliver a therapeutic agent onto tissue that has been severed and/or stapled, and the agents are mixed in the mixture space and expelled through a tip.
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Feedback algorithms for manual bailout systems for surgical instruments
Richard L. Leimback,Shane R. Adams,Mark D. Overmyer,Brett E. Swensgard,Thomas W. Lytle,Frederick E. Shelton,Kevin L. Houser +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a surgical instrument including an end effector, a drive member movable to effectuate a motion in the end-effector and a motor operable to stop the motor in response to the detection of a bailout error.
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Surgical stapling instrument system
Richard L. Leimbach,Shane R. Adams,Mark D. Overmyer,Brett E. Swensgard,Thomas W. Lytle,Frederick E. Shelton,Kevin L. Houser +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a surgical system can include an electric motor, a sensor and a microcontroller in signal communication with the electric motor and the sensor, and the microcontroller can adjust the velocity of a firing element when the sensor detects a change in current drawn by the motor that exceeds a threshold amount.
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Modular surgical instrument system
Mark D. Overmyer,Kevin L. Houser,Frederick E. Shelton,Brett E. Swensgard,Richard L. Leimbach,Thomas W. Lytle,Shane R. Adams +6 more
TL;DR: A method for updating a component of a modular surgical instrument can be found in this paper, which can comprise comparing control modules and/or control systems of various modular components of a surgical system.