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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Nilay Mukherjee, Acton, MA (US);
Andrew Miesse, Durham, CT (US);
David C. Racenet, Killingworth, CT (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/022 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A01N 1/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/1459 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/022 (2013.01); A61B 5/0261 (2013.01); A61B 5/1072 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/6843 (2013.01); A61B 5/6847 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A01N 1/0247 (2013.01); A61B 5/1076 (2013.01); A61B 5/1459 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00026 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00057 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00106 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2926 (2013.01); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02); A61B 2505/05 (2013.01); A61B 2562/063 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a handle portion, first and second jaw members operably coupled to the handle portion, and first and second sensors associated with the first or second jaw members. The first sensor is configured to measure local perfusion in tissue grasped between the first and second jaw members, and the second sensor is configured to measure a pressure applied to the tissue by the first and second jaw members.
Published as:
CA2952067A1; EP3181040A1; US2017172550A1; JP2017113545A; AU2016273969A1; CN107019545A; EP3181040B1; US10624616B2; JP6858544B2; CN107019545B;