Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical instrument with fiber bragg grating
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Application No.: US15648571Application Date: 2017-07-13
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Publication No.: US09987079B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Duane E. Kerr , William H. Nau, Jr.
- Applicant: COVIDIEN LP
- Applicant Address: US MA Mansfield
- Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
- Current Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Mansfield
- Main IPC: A61B18/18
- IPC: A61B18/18 ; A61B18/14 ; G01K11/32 ; G01L1/24 ; A61B18/12 ; A61B18/00 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
A surgical instrument includes an end effector including first and second jaw members movable relative to one another between a first, spaced-apart position and a second position proximate tissue. In the second position, the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. A first optical fiber is disposed within the first jaw member and is configured to provide a first signal, and a second optical fiber is disposed within the first jaw member and is configured to provide a second signal. A controller is coupled to the first and second fibers and is configured to determine the temperature and the strain of the first jaw member as a function of the first and second signals, respectively.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170303996A1 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH FIBER BRAGG GRATING Public/Granted day:2017-10-26
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