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US 12,653,628 B2Granted
Method of hub communication with surgical instrument systems
AssigneeCilag GmbH International
InventorsFrederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris
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Abstract
A method for adjusting the operation of a surgical instrument using machine learning in a surgical suite is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of gathering data during surgical procedures, wherein the surgical procedures include the use of a surgical instrument, analyzing the gathered data to determine an appropriate operational adjustment of the surgical instrument, and adjusting the operation of the surgical instrument to improve the operation of the surgical instrument.
Claims20
A surgical end effector for use with a surgical instrument, comprising:
- a first jaw member;
- and
- a second jaw member, wherein at least one of said first jaw member and said second jaw member is independently movable relative to said other one of said first jaw member and said second jaw member about a joint between an open configuration and a closed configuration,
- wherein said first jaw member includes:
- a first portion couplable to a shaft of the surgical instrument;
- and
- a second portion built on said first portion, wherein a configuration of said second portion is selected by a user in an additive manufacturing process.
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A surgical end effector, comprising:
- a first jaw;
- and
- a second jaw, wherein said first jaw is movable relative to said second jaw between an open configuration and a closed configuration,
- wherein at least one of said first jaw or said second jaw includes:
- a first portion couplable to a shaft of a surgical instrument;
- and
- a second portion progressively added on said first portion with an additive manufacturing process.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.