Invention Grant
- Patent Title: End effector including magnetic and impedance sensors
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Application No.: US17023875Application Date: 2020-09-17
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Publication No.: US11406386B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Daniel L. Baber , Jeffrey S. Swayze , Andrew T. Beckman , Frederick E. Shelton, IV
- Applicant: Cilag GmbH International
- Applicant Address: CH Zug
- Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
- Current Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
- Current Assignee Address: CH Zug
- Main IPC: H02H3/00
- IPC: H02H3/00 ; A61B17/072 ; H02J1/10 ; A61B17/064 ; A61B90/98 ; A61B17/32 ; H02J7/00 ; H02H11/00 ; H02H3/24 ; H02H3/20 ; H02H3/18 ; H02H3/087 ; A61B90/92 ; A61B17/115 ; G06F1/3287 ; G06F1/3215 ; G06F1/30 ; G06F1/28 ; G06F1/26 ; G01R33/07 ; A61B90/70 ; H02H7/20 ; H02H3/06 ; H02H1/06 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/068 ; A61B17/10 ; A61B17/29 ; A61B5/107 ; A61B5/06 ; H02H3/04 ; A61B90/96 ; A61B90/94 ; A61B90/90 ; A61B90/30 ; H02H3/02 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B8/12 ; A61B18/00

Abstract:
An end effector for use with a surgical stapling instrument is disclosed. The end effector comprises a first jaw, a second jaw movable relative to the first jaw to grasp tissue therebetween, and a staple cartridge. The staple cartridge comprises staples deployable into the tissue. The end effector further comprises a magnetic sensor configured to measure a parameter indicative of an identifying characteristic of the staple cartridge, an impedance sensor configured to measure a parameter indicative of an impedance of the tissue, and a processing unit in communication with the impedance sensor. The processing unit is configured to determine a property of the tissue based on an output of the impedance sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210068831A1 SMART CARTRIDGE WAKE UP OPERATION AND DATA RETENTION Public/Granted day:2021-03-11
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