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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2021
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Charles R. Kollar, West Hartford, CT (US);
Alexander Hart, Tolland, CT (US);
Haley Strassner, Hamden, CT (US);
David E. Valentine, Hamden, CT (US);
James Delbo, North Haven, CT (US);
Jonathan M. Sandor, North Haven, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes an annular reload, and an anvil assembly configured to move relative to the annular reload between an open position and a preset closed position, in which the anvil assembly and the annular reload define a preset gap distance therebetween. A processor of the surgical instrument is configured to determine a difference between the preset gap distance and an actual gap distance gap distance between the anvil assembly and the annular reload, and adjust a staple stroke and a cutting stroke by the determined difference between the preset gap distance and the actual gap distance.