IP Library Granted Patent US 8,733,873
Granted Patent B2
US 8,733,873 · App. 13/555,740 · Granted May 27, 2014

Liquid ejection device and liquid ejection surgical instrument

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,733,873
App. No.
13/555,740
Granted
May 27, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid ejection device includes: a drive waveform generator generating a drive waveform signal; a modulator performing pulse modulation on a signal from the drive waveform generator to provide a modulated signal; a digital power amplifier performing power amplification on the modulated signal to provide an amplified digital signal; a Lowpass Filter smoothing the amplified digital signal to provide a drive signal of an actuator; a compensator advancing the phase of the drive signal to provide a negative feedback signal; and a subtractor providing a differential signal between the drive waveform signal and the negative feedback signal as an input signal to the modulator.

Claims (10)

1. A surgical instrument comprising:

a drive waveform generator generating a drive waveform signal;

a modulator performing pulse modulation on a signal from the drive waveform generator to provide a modulated signal;

a digital power amplifier performing power amplification on the modulated signal to provide an amplified digital signal;

a lowpass filter smoothing the amplified digital signal to provide a drive signal of an actuator;

a compensator advancing a phase of the drive signal to provide a negative feedback signal; and

a subtractor providing a differential signal between the drive waveform signal and the negative feedback signal as an input signal to be inputted to the modulator.

2. The surgical instrument according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an inverse filter provided between the drive waveform generator and the subtractor and correcting the frequency characteristic of a closed loop formed of the modulator, the digital power amplifier, the lowpass filter, the capacitance of the actuator, and the compensator so as to be constant in a predetermined frequency domain.

3. A medical device comprising the surgical instrument according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SEIKO EPSON CORP.
To: COLUMBIA PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 058952/0475 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2012
From: OSHIMA, ATSUSHI; TABATA, KUNIO; MIYAZAKI, SHINICHI; YOSHINO, HIROYUKI; IDE, NORITAKA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028636/0660 →