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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony A Boiarski, Columbus, OH (US);
Mark T Byrne, Loveland, OH (US);
Warren P Williamson, Loveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2271751 ; 227 19 ; 2271801 ; 606142 ; 600101 ;
Abstract
A device is provided for identifying certain characteristics of an end piece or end effector of a surgical instrument. A preferred embodiment provides a surgical stapling instrument having an electrical circuit contained on the stapling cartridge which is capable of indicating cartridge type and/or status (i.e., with or without staples) when a voltage or current is applied to the circuit. Other identification devices are provided including an optical identification device
Published as:
CA2147951A1; EP0679367A2; AU1782595A; JPH07299074A; EP0679367A3; US5529235A; US5535934A; US5535937A; US5562239A; US5693042A; AU689548B2; AU5285398A;