Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Overlaid multi sensor radio frequency (RF) electrode system to measure tissue compression
-
Application No.: US14640935Application Date: 2015-03-06
-
Publication No.: US10548504B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Frederick E. Shelton, IV , David C. Yates , Jason L. Harris
- Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC
- Applicant Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Main IPC: A61B5/053
- IPC: A61B5/053 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B17/068 ; A61B17/295 ; A61B17/072 ; A61B18/14 ; A61B17/10 ; A61B17/3209 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/29 ; A61B18/00

Abstract:
A tissue compression sensor system is disclosed. The tissue compression system includes an RF electrode positioned on an end-effector; a first electrical contact positioned on one of an anvil or a channel frame of the end-effector; and a first filter communicatively coupled to the first electrical contact.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160256071A1 OVERLAID MULTI SENSOR RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) ELECTRODE SYSTEM TO MEASURE TISSUE COMPRESSION Public/Granted day:2016-09-08
Information query