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US 2024/0173046 A1Published application
Surgical instrument having a flexible circuit
AssigneeCilag GmbH International
InventorsFrederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris
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Abstract
A flexible circuit of a surgical instrument includes a rigid section and a flexible section. The rigid section is configured to mechanically interlock with a component of the surgical instrument and has at least one of the following mounted thereon: (1) a processing device and (2) a logic element. The flexible section is aligned with one of the following: (1) an active bending portion of a shaft assembly of the surgical instrument and (2) an articulation joint of the shaft assembly.
Claims10
A flexible circuit of a surgical instrument, the flexible circuit comprising:
- a rigid section;
- a flexible section;
- and
- a conductive trace extending from the rigid section to the flexible section, wherein a portion of the conductive trace has a cross-sectional area that is dependent upon which section of the rigid section and the flexible section that portion is located.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.