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AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsRichard L. Leimbach, Raymond E. Parfett, Mark D. Overmyer
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Various systems and methods of selecting a display language for a surgical instrument are disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a handle assembly and a module, such as a shaft assembly, that is interchangeably connectable to the handle assembly. The handle assembly includes a first memory configured to store a language parameter and a control circuit that is operably coupled to the memory. The module includes a second memory configured to store a textual phrase in a plurality of languages. When the module and the handle assembly are connected together, the control circuit is configured to retrieve, from the second memory, the textual phrase in a language corresponding to the language parameter.
A surgical instrument comprising:
A handle assembly of a surgical instrument to which an interchangeable module is removably connectable, the interchangeable module comprising an auxiliary memory configured to store a textual phrase in a plurality of languages, the handle assembly comprising:
A method of operating a surgical instrument comprising a handle assembly to which an interchangeable component is removably connectable, the method comprising:
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