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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2006
Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, New Vienna, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin R. Doll, Mason, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Swayze, Hamilton, OH (US);
Eugene L. Timperman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, New Vienna, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin R. Doll, Mason, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Swayze, Hamilton, OH (US);
Eugene L. Timperman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument. The surgical instrument comprises a plurality of sensors, and a status module releasably connected to the surgical instrument. The status module comprises a plurality of contacts, a circuit, and a plurality of indicators. Each individual contact is in electrical communication with a different sensor. The circuit is in electrical communication with at least one of the contacts. At least one of the indicators is in electrical communication with the circuit.