US 12,251,107 B2
Surgical instruments having mechanisms for identifying and/or deactivating stapler cartridges
Matthew Wixey, San Jose, CA (US); Atal Patel, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Babak D. Jasemian, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US); and Nicholas Ragosta, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/376,562.
Application 18/376,562 is a continuation of application No. 17/414,819, granted, now 11,806,015, previously published as PCT/US2019/066530, filed on Dec. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/783,429, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0023961 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/90 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/07207 (2013.01) [A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/08 (2016.02); A61B 90/90 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0814 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical stapling instrument comprising:
an end effector defining a longitudinal axis and comprising first and second jaws;
a staple cartridge configured for removal placement within one of the first and second jaws;
a drive member configured to translate distally through the end effector; and
a switch on the staple cartridge, the switch being configured to provide a detectable resistance when the drive member contacts the switch, wherein the surgical stapling instrument is operatively coupled to a control unit that processes the detectable resistance to identify the stapler cartridge.