US 12,213,670 B2
Surgical instrument comprising a flex circuit including a sensor system
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US); Sudhir B. Patel, Mason, OH (US); Shane R. Adams, Lebanon, OH (US); Nicholas J. Ross, Franklin, OH (US); and Jason L Harris, Lebanon, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/237,634.
Application 18/237,634 is a division of application No. 16/895,315, filed on Jun. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,779,329.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,306, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0397909 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/072 (2013.01) [A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00075 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 17/115 (2013.01); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02)] 9 Claims
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1. A surgical instrument, comprising:
a housing;
a shaft extending from said housing;
an end effector extending from said shaft;
a drive system; and
a flexible circuit assembly extending within said shaft, wherein said flexible circuit assembly comprises a power transmission backbone and a signal communication backbone, and wherein said signal communication backbone is separated from said power transmission backbone.