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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:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
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 ...
2271752 ; 227 19 ; 2271761 ;
Abstract
A device is provided for sensing the firing of a staple cartridge inserted into an end piece or end effector of a surgical instrument. The stapling instrument includes a magnetic sensing device arranged to sense the advancement of a knife or staple driver.
Published as:
CA2147951A1; EP0679367A2; AU1782595A; JPH07299074A; EP0679367A3; US5529235A; US5535934A; US5535937A; US5562239A; US5693042A; AU689548B2; AU5285398A;