US 11,229,437 B2 · Method for authenticating the compatibility of a staple cartridge with a surgical instrument

Abstract

A method for authenticating the compatibility of a staple cartridge with a surgical instrument is disclosed. The method can comprise inserting a staple cartridge into a surgical instrument, receiving a first signal from a first RFID tag on a first component of the staple cartridge with an RFID reader system, receiving a second signal from a second RFID tag on a second component of the staple cartridge with the RFID reader system, comparing the first signal and the second signal to stored data for a compatible staple cartridge, and locking a staple firing system of the surgical instrument if the first signal and the second signal do not match the stored data for a compatible staple cartridge.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for authenticating the compatibility of a staple cartridge with a surgical instrument comprising:

inserting a staple cartridge into a surgical instrument;
transmitting a first signal from a first RFID tag on a first component of the staple cartridge to an RFID reader system;
transmitting a second signal from a second RFID tag on a second component of the staple cartridge to the RFID reader system;
comparing the first signal and the second signal to a set of stored data for a compatible staple cartridge;
and
unlocking a staple firing system of the surgical instrument if the first signal and the second signal match the set of stored data for a compatible staple cartridge.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/458,104Filed 30 Jun 2019 · us provisional application

Priority

28 Jun 2019

Published

US 2020/0405301 A131 Dec 2020

Granted

25 Jan 2022

Term ends

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Classification35 codes

A61B 17/1155
Staplers for performing anastomosis, e.g. in a single operation: circular staplers comprising a plurality of staples
A61B 17/072
Surgical staplers , e.g. containing multiple staples or clamps: for applying a row of staples in a single action, e.g. the staples being applied…
A61B 17/07207
For applying a row of staples in a single action, e.g. the staples being applied simultaneously: the staples being applied sequentially
A61B 17/115
For performing anastomosis; Buttons for anastomosis: staplers for performing anastomosis, e.g. in a single operation

Method for authenticating the compatibility of a staple cartridge with a surgical instrument

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Method for authenticating the compatibility of a staple cartridge with a surgical instrument

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Abstract

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