CPC A61B 17/0644 (2013.01) [A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/105 (2013.01); A61B 50/3001 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61L 31/022 (2013.01); A61L 31/028 (2013.01); A61L 31/042 (2013.01); A61L 31/048 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00084 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00119 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00845 (2013.01); A61B 17/0686 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0688 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07228 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07235 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07264 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2050/3004 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02)] | 21 Claims |
1. A method of adaptively controlling a surgical stapling instrument, the method comprising:
identifying a staple cartridge type from a plurality of predetermined staple cartridge types such that the identified staple cartridge type comprises staples having a material property that is different from a material property of staples of another predetermined staple cartridge type of the plurality of staple cartridge types;
configuring the surgical stapling instrument based on the material property of the identified staple cartridge; and
adaptively controlling, by a control circuit, operation/functionality of the surgical stapling instrument based on the configuration of the surgical stapling instrument loaded with the identified staple cartridge type.
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