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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2021
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Robert Applegate, Wallingford, CT (US);
David M. McCuen, Stratford, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
An adapter assembly is provided and includes a housing for connection with a surgical device and for operative communication with at least one rotatable drive shaft of the surgical device; an outer tube having a proximal end supported by the housing and a distal end for connection with a selected end effector, wherein the distal end of the outer tube is in operative communication with each of the at least one force receiving drive member of the end effector; at least one drive transmitting/converting assembly for interconnecting a respective one of the at least one rotatable drive shaft of the surgical device and one of the at least one force receiving drive member of the end effector; and a circuit board supported in the housing and storing at least one of operating parameters and life cycle information which are unique to the adapter assembly.