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Patent No.:

US 9668735 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 23, 2015

Surgical instruments employing sensors

Applicant:

Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);

Inventor:

Robert J. Beetel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Scott A Smith

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/0686 (2013.01); A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/115 (2013.01); A61B 17/128 (2013.01); A61B 19/46 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00106 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00119 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02);
Abstract

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a surgical instrument for operating on tissue is provided. The surgical instrument includes an end effector including a first tissue engaging member and a second tissue engaging member in juxtaposed relation to the first tissue engaging member; a gap determination element operatively associated with each of the first tissue engaging member and the second tissue engaging member for measuring a gap distance between the first tissue engaging member and the second tissue engaging member; and a tissue contact determining element operatively associated with a respective tissue contacting surface of at least one of the first tissue engaging member and the second tissue engaging member. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using the surgical instrument.

Published as:
CA2549301A1; EP1728475A2; US2006273135A1; JP2006334417A; AU2006202353A1; EP1728475A3; US7717312B2; US2010200637A1; AU2006202353B2; EP1728475B1; US8002795B2; US2011282329A1; JP2012090997A; JP2012090998A; US8181839B2; US2012217282A1; JP5102978B2; US8579177B2; US2014042204A1; US8800839B2; US2014346214A1; CA2549301C; JP2014236992A; JP5647095B2; US8967444B2; US2015129631A1; EP1728475B2; US9198659B2; US2016074039A1; US9668735B2;

Find Patent Forward Citations

Beetel, Robert. (2017). Surgical instruments employing sensors (U.S. Patent No. 9668735). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9668735

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