Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Te Connectivity Services Gmbh

Te Connectivity Corporation

Quentin F Polosky

Mathew D Clopp

John A Barton

Yves Lacroix

Dean A Mansour

Ting Gao

Vijay Daga

Kavitha Bharadwaj

Jaydip Das

Henry Paul S Cervantes

Diana C W Friedman

An exemplary system includes a memory storing instructions and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to receive, from a sensor of a surgical instrument, environmental condition information associated with the surgical instrument and detected by the sensor while the surgical instrument is disconnected from an external power source, the surgical instrument including circuitry configured to be powered and operate only while the surgical instrument is connected to the external power source, determine, based on the environmental condition information, an operational condition of the surgical instrument, and provide a notification indicating the determined operational condition of the surgical instrument.

Surgical instruments and systems and methods for determining condition information thereof

A sealing assembly for sealing a bundle of wires includes a first sheet formed of a sealant material, a second sheet disposed above the first sheet, and a third sheet disposed above the second sheet formed of the sealant material. The second sheet includes a thermally conductive material. When the bundle of wires is overlaid on the assembly in a first direction, and the assembly is wrapped in a second direction that is generally perpendicular to the first to thereby surround the wires, the second sheet facilitates enhanced thermal energy distribution of applied heat throughout the assembly to thereby more uniformly melt the sealant material and thereby fill voids between the wires.

Assembly and method for sealing a bundle of wires

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

Quentin F Polosky