US 11,690,626 B2
Single use electronics for surgical devices
Anthony Sgroi, Jr., Wallingford, CT (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/391,083.
Application 17/391,083 is a division of application No. 16/451,191, filed on Jun. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,076,858, issued on Aug. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/718,512, filed on Aug. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353295 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1155 (2013.01) [A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 90/08 (2016.02); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00725 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0808 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0813 (2016.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An end effector configured for selective connection with an adapter assembly, the end effector comprising:
a reload including a reload housing and a circuit board assembly disposed within the reload housing; and
an electrical assembly including a flex cable having an elongate body including a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end coupled to a pin connector assembly and the distal end coupled to the circuit board assembly of the reload.