Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices for instrument use recording, devices for recording instrument reprocessing events, and related systems and methods
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Application No.: US17916139Application Date: 2021-04-01
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Publication No.: US11998197B2Publication Date: 2024-06-04
- Inventor: Jack Goodman , Wesley Chung Joe , Tyler J. Morrissette
- Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: JONES ROBB, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/US2021/025372 2021.04.01
- International Announcement: WO2021/202869A 2021.10.07
- Date entered country: 2022-09-30
- Main IPC: A61B17/072
- IPC: A61B17/072 ; A61B17/12 ; A61B17/128 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/068 ; A61B17/10 ; A61B90/10

Abstract:
An instrument can include a shaft with a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, an end effector at the distal end portion of the shaft, and a transmission mechanism at the proximal end portion of the shaft. The transmission mechanism can include a driven input device engageable with an external drive mechanism. The instrument can include an indicator operably coupled to the driven input device and moveable through each of a plurality of consecutive positions, each of the plurality of consecutive positions being associated with a unique indicium of a non-zero number of available uses left of the instrument. In response to the driven input device being driven, the indicator moves from a current position of the plurality of positions to a subsequent position of the plurality of positions. The instrument can also include a device configured to record occurrence of a change in an environmental condition to which the instrument is subjected.
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