SURGICAL CUTTING INSTRUMENT THAT ANALYZES TISSUE THICKNESS
摘要
A surgical instrument with a tissue-clamping end effector, where actuation of the instrument is locked out when the thickness of the tissue clamped in the end effector is not within a specified thickness range. The end effector may comprise a tissue thickness module that senses the thickness of the tissue clamped in the end effector. The surgical instrument also comprises a control circuit in communication with the tissue thickness module. The control circuit prevents actuation of a working portion of the end effector when the thickness of the tissue clamped in the end effector is not within the specified thickness range.
申请公布号
EP2515769(A1)
申请公布日期
2012.10.31
申请号
EP20100795512
申请日期
2010.12.06
申请人
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
发明人
SWENSGARD, BRETT, E.;SMITH, BRET, W.;LAURENT, RYAN, J.