Cilag International Gmbh

Ethicon, Gmbh

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.

The General Hospital Corporation

Megadyne Medical Products, Inc.

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Harvard College

Cilag Gmbh Intemational

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.

Carbon, Inc.

Cllag Gmbh International

Other

University of Cincinnati

Ehticon LLC

The General Hospital Corporation General Hospital

Jason L Harris

Frederick E Shelton, IV

David C Yates

Gregory J Bakos

Michael J Vendely

Chester O Baxter, Iii

Jerome R Morgan

Mark S Zeiner

Charles J Scheib

Jeffrey S Swayze

Shane R Adams

Taylor W Aronhalt

Mark D Overmyer

Jeffrey David Messerly

Chad E Eckert

Kevin L Houser

Michael J Stokes

Tamara S Widenhouse

Emily A Schellin

Christopher J Hess

Kevin Michael Fiebig

Anil K Nalagatla

Daniel J Mumaw

Lawrence Crainich

Sarah Alexandra Worthington

Trevor J Barton

Andrew T Beckman

Thomas W Huitema

Adam David Hensel

Rao S Bezwada

Jeffrey L Aldridge

Mark S Ortiz

Morgan Robert Hunter

Geoffrey C Hueil

Chad Paul Boudreaux

Brett E Swensgard

Kevin D Felder

Zhifan F Huang

Nicholas J Ross

Bret William Smith

Prasanna Malaviya

Foster B Stulen

Gregory W Johnson

Robert L Koch, Jr

Tamara Colette Baynham

James Walden Voegele

Darcy W Greep

Shailendra Kumar Parihar

Geoffrey S Strobl

Steven G Hall

John V Hunt

Cory G Kimball

Christopher C Miller

Lauren S Weaner

Gregory G Scott

Richard William Timm

Adam R Dunki-Jacobs

Mark A Davison

Richard L Leimbach

Eitan T Wiener

William Bruce Weisenburgh, Ii

Timothy G Dietz

David A Witt

Brian D Schings

Jeffrey Cerier

Kevin Ross Doll

John E Brady

Daniel W Price

Sean P Conlon

David T Martin

Michael S Cropper

Christopher W Widenhouse

Dennis D Jamiolkowski

Galen C Robertson

Omar J Vakharia

Michael E Setser

Peter A Krulevitch

Brian D Black

James T Spivey

David B Smith

Joshua R Uth

David Keith Norvell

Ryan J Laurent

Andrew M Zwolinski

Michael A Murray

Craig N Faller

Rudolph Henry Nobis

Gregory A Trees

Kristen G Denzinger

Patrick A Weizman

Mark H Ransick

William Jason White

Matthew C Miller

James R Giordano

Gavin Martin Monson

Simon Cohn

Douglas B Hoffman

Donna L Korvick

Travis Michael Schuh

Bernhard A Fuerst

A surgical device for clipping tissue is disclosed. The surgical device comprises a housing, a shaft extending from the housing, and a first reload releasably attachable to the shaft. The first reload comprises a first end effector and a first clip magazine including a plurality of first clips. The surgical device further comprises a second reload releasably attachable to the shaft when the first reload is not attached to the shaft. The first reload and the second reload are different sizes. The second reload comprises a second end effector and a second clip magazine including a plurality of second clips.

Clip applier comprising interchangeable clip reloads

A method for assessing performance of a surgical instrument including one or more drivetrains is disclosed. The method includes sensing via one or more vibration sensors vibrations generated during operation of the one or more drivetrains of the surgical instrument, generating an output signal based on the sensed vibrations, filtering the output signal to generate a filtered signal of the sensed vibrations from the one or more drivetrains, processing the filtered signal to generate a processed signal of the sensed vibrations from the one or more drivetrains, and comparing predetermined threshold values for each of an acceptable status, a marginal status, and a critical status of the surgical instrument to corresponding values of the processed signal.

Mechanisms for compensating for drivetrain failure in powered surgical instruments

Surgical systems for operating endoscopically and laparoscopically are provided. The surgical system includes a first scope device configured to transmit image data of a first scene. A second scope device is configured to transmit image data of a second scene. A tracking device associated with the first or second scope device and configured to transmit a signal indicative of a location of the first or second scope device. A first surgical instrument is configured to interact with an internal side of a target tissue structure. A second surgical instrument is configured to interact an external side of the target tissue structure. A controller is configured to receive (i) the transmitted image data and transmitted signal (ii) to determine a first relative distance, a second relative distance, and a third relative distance. Relative movements of the instruments are coordinated based on the determined relative distances.

Coordinated instrument control systems

A method of displaying an operational parameter of a surgical system is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a cloud computing system of the surgical system, first usage data, from a first subset of surgical hubs of the surgical system; receiving, by the cloud computing system, second usage data, from a second subset of surgical hubs of the surgical system; analyzing, by the cloud computing system, the first and the second usage data to correlate the first and the second usage data with surgical outcome data; determining, by the cloud computing system, based on the correlation, a recommended medical resource usage configuration; and displaying, on respective displays on the first and the second subset of surgical hubs, indications of the recommended medical resource usage configuration.

Method of hub communication, processing, display, and cloud analytics

A data system may adjust the input data to a machine learning model based on a change in a consent associated with a patient. The data system may detect the change in the consent associated with the patient. The data system may identify private data associated with the change in the consent. The data system may identify a machine learning model to which the private data has contributed. The data system may determine input data that has contributed to the machine learning model. The input data may include the private data. The data system may determine, based on the change in the consent associated with the private data, whether to replace the private data in the input data with replacement data. The data system may adjust the input data based on the determination of whether to replace the private data in the input data with replacement data.

Patient data removal

A motorized surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a motor configured to drive an end effector between an unarticulated position and an articulated position, a sensor configured to detect a position of the end effector and provide a signal indicative of the position of the end effector, and a control circuit coupled to the sensor and the motor. The control circuit is configured to detect a position of the end effector via the signal provided by the sensor and provide a drive signal to the motor to drive the end effector at a velocity corresponding to the signal indicative of the position of the end effector.

Surgical instrument having controllable articulation velocity

Surgical anchoring systems for use with a surgical instrument for endoluminal access are provided. The surgical instrument includes an outer sleeve defining a working channel therethrough. The outer sleeve is configured to be disposed within a first natural body lumen. A channel arm is configured to extend through the working channel and to move independently relative to each other. The channel arm has an anchor member and is configured to move between expanded and unexpanded states. When in the expanded state, the anchor member is configured to be disposed within a second natural body lumen. A control actuator extends along the channel arm and is operatively coupled to the anchor member, the control actuator being operatively coupled to a drive system that is configured to control motion of the channel arm to selectively manipulate an organ associated with the first and second natural body lumens.

Surgical anchoring systems for endoluminal access

A surgical instrument receives an indication to provide adaptive control of surgical instrument functions. The indication may indicate to provide adaptable staple height operating range, to control motors associated with tissue compression, and/or to operate using the operational parameters associated with previous surgical procedures. The surgical instrument may determine values for parameters associated with the identified function and adapt the control of the identified function based upon the determined parameters. The surgical instrument may adapt a display of staple height operating range based on parameters indicating a size of an anvil head. The surgical instrument may control motors associated with tissue compression based on parameters indicating force applied in the instrument. The surgical instrument may operate according to operational parameters identified by a surgical hub.

Surgical instrument with adaptive configuration control

A system, method, and device for displaying relevant augmented reality (AR) content to a surgical staff members without over-saturating the augmented display with virtual elements. The surgical staff members (e.g., doctors, nurses, surgeons, technicians, etc.) require AR content that is delicately balanced between displaying helpful information without distracting the surgeon. A surgical hub receives a plurality of inputs related to surgical environment and displays only necessary information to allow the surgeon to provide effective care to the patient, based on a determined trigger event.

Utilizing contextual parameters of one or more surgical devices to predict a frequency interval for displaying surgical information

A device, such as a computing device or a surgical device, may receive surgical operation data associated with a surgical operation. Based on the surgical operation data, a device may identify a surgical device to be used for a surgical operation and/or one or more surgical steps associated with a surgical operation. Based on the identified surgical device, the one or more surgical steps, and/or the surgical operation data, a device may determine an allowable operation range controlling a surgical device for a surgical procedure. A device may receive an adjustment input configuration to control a surgical device for a surgical step. A device may determine whether the adjustment input configuration is outside of the determined allowable operation range. Based on a determination that the adjustment input configuration is outside of the determined allowable operation range, a device may block the adjustment input configuration to control a surgical device.

Adaptable operation range for a surgical device

A surgical hub for displaying information on a display based on a visual focus of a user may be provided. A display that is within a visual focus of the user may be determined. A surgical task that may use a medical instrument during a medical procedure may be determined. A display data that may be relevant to the user may be determined based on the contextual data and the surgical task. A message may be sent that may instruct the display to display the data.

Monitoring of user visual gaze to control which display system displays the primary information

A fastener cartridge can include, one, a cartridge body comprising a deck and a plurality of fastener cavities and, two, a plurality of fasteners positioned in the fastener cavities. The cartridge body can further comprise extensions extending from the deck having different sizes and/or configurations. The extensions can control the flow of tissue relative to the deck and/or support the fasteners as they are ejected from the fastener cavities.

Fastener cartridges including extensions having different configurations

A method of preparing a staple cartridge includes forming first staples with a first alloy, and forming second staples with a second alloy that is different than the first alloy. The method includes positioning the first staples into staple cavities of a first row of staple cavities of the staple cartridge, the first row of staple cavities being a first distance from an elongate slot of the staple cartridge, and positioning the second staples into staple cavities of a second row of staple cavities, the second row of staple cavities being a second distance from the elongate slot of the staple cartridge. The second distance is greater than the first distance. The first staples are configured to degrade at a first rate in a tissue environment, and the second staples are configured to degrade at a second rate that is different than the first rate.

Method for implementing a staple system

A surgical system is for use in a surgical procedure. The surgical system includes a surgical instrument configured to treat tissue in the surgical procedure; an imaging device; a display configured to show a livestream of a surgical field of the surgical procedure, wherein the livestream is captured by the imaging device; and a control module. The control module is configured to detect a surgical risk; assign a display priority to the surgical risk; and determine a display arrangement of the surgical risk based on the display priority, wherein the display arrangement comprises overlaying an alert feature on the livestream.

Risk based prioritization of display aspects in surgical field view

A replaceable staple cartridge is disclosed which is seatable in a jaw of a surgical stapling instrument. If the staple cartridge is not fully seated in the jaw, the closure of the surgical stapling instrument will fully seat the staple cartridge.

Staple cartridge comprising a seating cam

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Jason L Harris