Chip assembly for reusable surgical instruments
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsChristopher Penna, Jonathan W. Sapienza, Anne Nelson, Paul D. Richard
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Abstract
A surgical instrument system is disclosed, the system including a first component and a second component, the first component being a reload assembly and the second component being selected from a group consisting of a handle assembly and an adapter assembly, the surgical instrument system including at least one chip assembly having a housing assembly on the first component, the housing assembly containing a chip, and a plug assembly on the second component, the chip having data for, and being configured to, prevent use of the reload assembly if the reload assembly is unauthorized.
Claims17
A surgical instrument system comprising:
- a first component including a reload assembly;
- a second component selected from a group consisting of a handle assembly and an adapter assembly;
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- a chip assembly having a housing assembly configured to be received within the first component and a plug assembly disposed on the second component, the housing assembly including a base member defining a cavity and including an open end, the chip assembly disposed within the cavity, and a seal member received about the open end of the base member, the plug assembly including an extension configured to be releasably received through an opening in the seal member and to engage the chip assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.