Invention Grant
- Patent Title: End effector identification by mechanical features
- Patent Title (中): 通过机械特征的末端效应器识别
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Application No.: US12773176Application Date: 2010-05-04
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Publication No.: US08733614B2Publication Date: 2014-05-27
- Inventor: Adam Ross , Michael Zemlok , Stanislaw Marczyk
- Applicant: Adam Ross , Michael Zemlok , Stanislaw Marczyk
- Applicant Address: US MA Mansfield
- Assignee: Covidien LP
- Current Assignee: Covidien LP
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Mansfield
- Main IPC: A61B17/10
- IPC: A61B17/10 ; A61B17/04

Abstract:
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a surgical instrument is disclosed. The instrument includes a handle portion, a body portion extending distally from the handle portion and defining a first longitudinal axis and a loading unit. The loading unit includes a tool assembly, the loading adapted to be coupled to the body portion. The instrument also includes a sensor tube movably positioned within the body portion, the sensor tube adapted to engage the loading unit and a load switch coupled to a microcontroller. The load switch is adapted to be actuated by the sensor tube when the sensor tube is engaged by the loading unit being inserted into the body portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100211053A1 END EFFECTOR IDENTIFICATION BY MECHANICAL FEATURES Public/Granted day:2010-08-19
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