Method of using multiple RFID chips with a surgical assembly
AssigneeCilag GmbH International
InventorsFrederick E. Shelton, IV, Shane R. Adams, Kevin M. Fiebig
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Abstract
A method of operating a surgical assembly is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first input from a first RFID scanner indicative of a first information stored in a first RFID chip of a first modular component of the surgical assembly, receiving a second input from a second RFID scanner indicative of a second information stored in a second RFID chip of a second modular component of the surgical assembly, determining an operational parameter of a motor of the surgical assembly based on the first input and the second input, and causing the motor to effect a tissue treatment motion of the first modular component.
Claims20
A method of operating a surgical assembly, the method comprising:
- receiving a first input from a first RFID scanner indicative of a first information stored in a first RFID chip of a first modular component of the surgical assembly;
- receiving a second input from a second RFID scanner indicative of a second information stored in a second RFID chip of a second modular component of the surgical assembly;
- determining an operational parameter of a motor of the surgical assembly based on the first input and the second input;
- and
- causing the motor to effect a tissue treatment motion of the first modular component.
A method of operating a surgical assembly, the method comprising:
- receiving a first input from a first RFID scanner indicative of a first information stored in a first RFID chip of a first modular component of the surgical assembly;
- receiving a second input from a second RFID scanner indicative of a second information stored in a second RFID chip of a second modular component of the surgical assembly;
- determining an operational parameter of a motor of the surgical assembly based on the first input and the second input;
- and
- causing the motor to effect a tissue treatment motion of the first modular component,
- wherein the first modular component is an end effector, and
- wherein the second modular component is a shaft releasably couplable to the end effector.
A method of operating a surgical assembly, the method comprising:
- receiving a first input from a first RFID scanner indicative of a first information stored in a first RFID chip of a first modular component of the surgical assembly;
- receiving a second input from a second RFID scanner indicative of a second information stored in a second RFID chip of a second modular component of the surgical assembly;
- determining an operational parameter of a motor of the surgical assembly based on the first input and the second input;
- and
- causing the motor to effect a tissue treatment motion of the first modular component,
- wherein the first information is indicative of a staple cartridge size, and wherein the second information is indicative of a shaft profile.
A method of operating a surgical assembly, the method comprising:
- receiving a first input from a first RFID scanner indicative of a first information stored in a first RFID chip of an anvil of the surgical assembly;
- receiving a second input from a second RFID scanner indicative of a second information stored in a second RFID chip of a staple cartridge of the surgical assembly;
- and
- assessing compatibility of the anvil with the staple cartridge based on the first input and the second input.
A method of operating a surgical assembly, the method comprising:
- receiving a first input from a first RFID scanner indicative of a first information stored in a first RFID chip of a first modular component of the surgical assembly;
- receiving a second input from a second RFID scanner indicative of a second information stored in a second RFID chip of a second modular component of the surgical assembly;
- determining an operational parameter of a third component of the surgical assembly based on the first input and the second input;
- and
- adjusting a tissue treatment motion of the first modular component based on the operational parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.