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Prevention of cartridge reuse in a surgical instrument

A technology for surgical instruments and staple cartridges, which is applied in the field of surgical instruments and staple cartridges that can prevent the re-use of staple cartridges, and can solve the problems of inconvenient laying cables, increasing the complexity and cost of instruments, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2008-07-23
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC
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However, it is inconvenient to route the cables in this way, which increases the complexity and cost of the device
[0018] In addition to preventing firing of the instrument in the absence of an unspent cartridge, there is a need to limit the number of firing operations that can be performed by the instrument

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[0100] Various embodiments of the invention generally relate to surgical instruments having at least one transponder and means for transmitting power and / or data signals from a control unit to the transponder(s). The present invention can be used with any type of surgical instrument that includes at least one transponder, such as an endoscopic or laparoscopic surgical instrument, but for which some parts of the instrument, such as a free-swivel joint, prevent or inhibit the connection of a wire to a sensor (one or more ) surgical instruments are particularly useful. Before describing the various aspects of the system, one type of surgical instrument in which embodiments of the present invention may be used is described first - an endoscopic stapling and cutting instrument (ie, an endocutter).

[0101] 1 and 2 illustrate a surgical cutting and fastening instrument 10 according to various embodiments of the invention. The illustrated embodiment is an endoscopic instrument, and ...

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Abstract

A surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a control unit and a staple cartridge including a transponder. The control unit is configured to transmit a first wireless signal to the transponder and to receive a second wireless signal from the transponder to determine one of a first electronic state and a second electronic state of the transponder based on the second wireless signal.

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[0001] This application is related to the following concurrently filed U.S. patent applications, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference: [0002] (1) US Patent Application by J. Giordano et al. entitled "SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CONTROL UNIT ANDSENSOR TRANSPONDERS" (Attorney Docket No. 060338 / END5923USNP ); [0003] (2) US Patent Application by J. Giordano et al. entitled "SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CONTROL UNIT ANDREMOTE SENSOR" (Attorney Docket No. 060339 / END5924USNP) ; [0004] (3) US Patent Application by J. Giordano et al. entitled "SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ELEMENTS TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN CONTROL UNIT ANDEND EFFECTOR" (Attorney Docket No. 060340 / END5925USNP); [0005] (4) U.S. patent application entitled "POST-STERILIZATION PROGRAMMING OF SURGICALINSTRUMENTS" by J. Swayze et al. (Attorney Docket No. 060342 / END5924USNP); [0006] (5) U.S. Patent Application by F. Shelton et al., entit...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B17/00A61B17/068A61B17/32A61B17/94
CPCA61B2019/5251A61B2017/00221A61B2019/4857A61B2017/00022A61B17/07207A61B2017/00734A61B19/5212A61B2017/07271A61B2017/00482A61B90/361A61B90/98A61B2090/0803A61B2090/0811A61B2034/2051
Inventor F·E·谢尔顿四世J·R·乔达诺
Owner ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC