发明名称 Surgical instruments employing sensors
摘要 According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a surgical instrument (10,100,200,300) for operating on tissue is provided. The surgical instrument includes an end effector including a first tissue engaging member (20) and a second tissue engaging member (22) in juxtaposed relation to the first tissue engaging member; a gap determination element (60,62) operatively associated with each of the first tissue engaging member and the second tissue engaging member for measuring a gap distance between the first tissue engaging member and the second tissue engaging member; and a tissue contact determining element (60,62) operatively associated with a respective tissue contacting surface of at least one of the first tissue engaging member and the second tissue engaging member. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using the surgical instrument.
申请公布号 EP1728475(A3) 申请公布日期 2007.01.10
申请号 EP20060011501 申请日期 2006.06.02
申请人 TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP 发明人 BEETEL, ROBERT J.
分类号 A61B17/072;A61B17/068;A61B17/115;A61B17/128;A61B18/14 主分类号 A61B17/072
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