US 12,185,907 B2
Surgical instruments and systems and methods for determining condition information thereof
Quentin F. Polosky, Santa Clara, CA (US); Diana C. W. Friedman, Burlingame, CA (US); Mathew D. Clopp, Santa Clara, CA (US); Yves Lacroix, San Jose, CA (US); John A Barton, San Jose, CA (US); and Dean A. Mansour, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/109,562.
Application 18/109,562 is a continuation of application No. 16/886,391, filed on May 28, 2020, granted, now 11,602,258.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,496, filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270317 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3201 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00029 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); A61B 1/0002 (2013.01); A61B 1/00055 (2013.01); A61B 1/00057 (2013.01); A61B 1/00059 (2013.01); A61B 1/00149 (2013.01); A61B 17/3201 (2013.01); A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00119 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00595 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0242 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0276 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A surgical instrument comprising:
circuitry configured to control operation of the surgical instrument, the circuitry configured to be powered and operate only while the surgical instrument is connected to an external power source that is part of a computer-assisted surgical system; and
a wireless communication device configured to wirelessly communicate environmental condition information detected by a sensor to an additional device communicatively coupled to the surgical instrument,
wherein the wireless communication device is configured to wirelessly communicate the detected environmental condition information prior to the surgical instrument being removed from packaging provided by a manufacturer of the surgical instrument.