Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical adapter assemblies and wireless detection of surgical loading units
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Application No.: US15371279Application Date: 2016-12-07
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Publication No.: US10338259B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Anthony Calderoni , John Pantazis , Luis Dussan
- Applicant: Covidien LP
- Applicant Address: US MA Mansfield
- Assignee: Covidien LP
- Current Assignee: Covidien LP
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Mansfield
- Main IPC: A61B17/072
- IPC: A61B17/072 ; G01V3/10 ; A61B17/10 ; A61B17/122 ; A61B17/3211 ; G01R19/10 ; G01R23/02 ; A61B90/98 ; A61B17/068 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
An adapter assembly includes an elongated body configured to couple to a handle assembly and a loading unit assembly. The adapter assembly includes an oscillator configured to output a voltage signal. A sensor determines a connection status of the loading unit assembly coupled to the adapter assembly based on a change in the voltage signal. The voltage signal includes a rectified voltage output and an induced voltage output and changes in response to the approximation of a winding disposed within a loading unit assembly to the oscillator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170168187A1 SURGICAL ADAPTER ASSEMBLIES AND WIRELESS DETECTION OF SURGICAL LOADING UNITS Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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