US 11,998,192 B2 · Adaptive control of surgical stapling instrument based on staple cartridge type

Abstract

A method and apparatus of adaptively controlling a surgical stapling instrument are disclose. The method includes identifying a staple cartridge type, configuring the surgical stapling instrument based on the identified staple cartridge, and adaptively controlling, by a control circuit, operation/functionality of the surgical stapling instrument based on the configuration of the surgical stapling instrument loaded with the identified staple cartridge type. The apparatus includes a control circuit including a microcontroller and a memory coupled to the microcontroller. The memory stores machine executable instructions that when executed by the microcontroller cause the microcontroller to execute the above method.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A method of adaptively controlling a surgical stapling instrument, the method comprising:

identifying a staple cartridge type from a plurality of predetermined staple cartridge types such that the identified staple cartridge type comprises staples having a material property that is different from a material property of staples of another predetermined staple cartridge type of the plurality of staple cartridge types;
configuring the surgical stapling instrument based on the material property of the identified staple cartridge;
and
adaptively controlling, by a control circuit, operation/functionality of the surgical stapling instrument based on the configuration of the surgical stapling instrument loaded with the identified staple cartridge type.

1 more element

A surgical stapling instrument comprising:

a control circuit comprising a microcontroller and a memory coupled to the microcontroller, the memory storing machine executable instructions that when executed by the microcontroller cause the microcontroller to:
identify a staple cartridge type from a plurality of predetermined staple cartridge types such that the identified staple cartridge type comprises staples having a material property that is different from a material property of staples of another predetermined staple cartridge type of the plurality of staple cartridge types;
configure the surgical stapling instrument based on the material property of the identified staple cartridge;
and
adaptively control operation/functionality of the surgical stapling instrument based on the configuration of the surgical stapling instrument loaded with the identified staple cartridge type.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/718,826Filed 12 Apr 2022 · us provisional application

Priority

10 May 2021

Published

US 2022/0354498 A110 Nov 2022

Granted

4 Jun 2024

Term ends

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Classification67 codes

A61B 17/0644
Surgical staples, i.e. penetrating the tissue: penetrating the tissue, deformable to closed position
A61B 17/064
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: surgical staples, i.e. penetrating the tissue
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

Adaptive control of surgical stapling instrument based on staple cartridge type

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Adaptive control of surgical stapling instrument based on staple cartridge type

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Abstract

Claims21