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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2022
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Zhijun Liu, Mason, OH (US);
Christopher J. Waid, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Patrick L. Creamer, New Orleans, LA (US);
Morgan R. Hunter, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Nathan P. K. Nguyen, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin D. Felder, Cincinnati, OH (US);
James M. Mckale, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Swayze, West Chester, OH (US);
Simon L. Calcutt, London, GB;
Elisa J. Barber, Bury St. Edmunds, GB;
Matthew K. Sadler, Mildenhall, GB;
Richard D. Lintern, Cambridge, GB;
James Richardson, Cambridge, GB;
Rita Stella, Cambridge, GB;
Mikhail E. Bashtanov, Cambridge, GB;
CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A surgical instrument is disclosed herein. The surgical instrument can include an end effector comprising a first jaw and a second jaw, a plurality of electrodes positioned within the jaws of the end effector, a flexible circuit comprising a conductive track configured for multiplexed transmission of a plurality of signals to and from the end effector, a control circuit communicably coupled to the plurality of electrodes via the flexible conductor, and a memory configured to store an algorithm configured to cause the control circuit to: receive signals from the plurality of electrodes; determine an impedance based on the signals received from the plurality of electrodes; detect a media positioned between the jaws of the end effector based on the impedance; determine a position of the detected media along the longitudinal axis based on the received signals; and generate an alert associated with the detected media and the determined position.