Systems and methods for determining an end of life state for surgical devices
First Claim
1. An end of life state determination method for a hand-held surgical instrument, the method comprising:
- obtaining at least one acoustic metric of a hand-held surgical instrument during operation of the hand-held surgical instrument from an acoustic sensor disposed along the hand-held surgical instrument;
comparing the at least one acoustic metric to an acoustic threshold value associated with an end of life state of the hand-held surgical instrument; and
disabling the hand-held surgical instrument when the at least one acoustic metric is greater than the acoustic threshold value.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for determining an end of life state for an electromechanical surgical system. The system includes an end effector configured to perform at least one function and a shaft assembly being arranged for selectively interconnecting the end effector and a hand-held surgical instrument. The hand-held surgical instrument includes an instrument housing defining a connecting portion for selectively connecting with the shaft assembly. The hand-held surgical instrument also includes a motor assembly, a sensor array configured to obtain an operational parameter of the hand-held surgical instrument, and a controller configured to control operation of the hand-held surgical instrument based on the operational parameter obtained by the sensor array.
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12 Claims
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1. An end of life state determination method for a hand-held surgical instrument, the method comprising:
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obtaining at least one acoustic metric of a hand-held surgical instrument during operation of the hand-held surgical instrument from an acoustic sensor disposed along the hand-held surgical instrument; comparing the at least one acoustic metric to an acoustic threshold value associated with an end of life state of the hand-held surgical instrument; and disabling the hand-held surgical instrument when the at least one acoustic metric is greater than the acoustic threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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