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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2023
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William Burbank, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Matthew A. Wixey, Rochester, CT (US);
Nicholas Ragosta, San Francisco, CA (US);
David W. Weir, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Emily Cooper, San Francisco, CA (US);
Melody Wu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are techniques for stapler reload detection and identification. A manipulator is configured to have an instrument mounted thereto. The instrument includes an end effector configured to receive a replaceable stapler cartridge. An actuator is drivingly coupled with the pusher member. A control unit is configured to control operation of the actuator to move the pusher member from a first position toward a second position; determine a distance that the pusher member moves from the first position toward the second position before a force limit for the actuator is exceeded; and determine, based on the distance that the pusher member moves, an operational status of the instrument relating to the replaceable stapler cartridge.