POWERED SURGICAL STAPLING DEVICE

摘要

A powered surgical stapler comprising: a housing; an endoscopic portion extending distally from the housing and defining a first longitudinal axis; a drive motor disposed at least partially within a housing; a firing rod disposed in mechanical cooperation with the drive motor; a loading unit configured to be removably attached to the endoscopic portion, the loading unit including an end effector being in mechanical cooperation with the firing rod so that the firing rod drives a surgical function of the end effector; and a loading unit identification system including an identifier identifying the loading unit and being disposed thereon and an interrogator configured to interface with the identifier to obtain an identifying code uniquely associated with the loading unit.