US 11,864,954 B2
Manual knife bailout monitoring using inductive coupling
Mark D. Overmyer, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/540,478.
Application 17/540,478 is a continuation of application No. 16/547,270, filed on Aug. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,202,686.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087769 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/06 (2016.02) [A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00123 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02); A61B 2562/0223 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robotic surgical tool, comprising:
a tool driver;
a drive housing inductively coupled to the tool driver when mounted to the tool driver and generating a magnetic field, the drive housing including one or more component parts made of or including a magnetically responsive material; and
a computer system programmed to process an intensity of the magnetic field and a field distortion caused by the one or more component parts, and further programmed to generate a notification when the field distortion changes.