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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventor:
Christopher Kelly Evans, Southington, CT (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/94 (2016.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/08 (2016.02); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 90/94 (2016.02); A61B 17/115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0805 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0806 (2016.02);
Abstract
A surgical stapling instrument includes a handle assembly, a surgical loading unit, and an adapter assembly interconnecting the handle assembly and the surgical loading unit. The surgical loading unit includes a memory having stored therein instructions, which when executed by a processor of the handle assembly, override instructions stored in a memory of the handle assembly and implement an operating parameter of the surgical loading unit that is unique to a tissue type or a specific surgical procedure to be performed by the surgical loading unit.