SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CONTROL UNIT AND SENSOR TRANSPONDERS
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Abstract
A surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a control unit and a staple cartridge including a transponder. The control unit is configured to transmit a first wireless signal to the transponder and to receive a second wireless signal from the transponder to determine one of a first electronic state and a second electronic state of the transponder based on the second wireless signal.
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29 Claims
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11. A surgical instrument comprising:
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a control unit disposed in a portion of the surgical instrument, the control unit comprising a first inductive element; an end effector connected to the portion of the surgical instrument in which the control unit is disposed, the end effector comprising an electronic component that comprises; electronic circuitry; and a second inductive element that is inductively coupled to the first inductive element of the control unit, wherein the second inductive element is connected to the electronic circuitry of the electronic component such that the electronic circuitry of the electronic component is powered by electromagnetic induction from magnetic fields produced by the first inductive element of the control unit. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. The surgical instrument of 21, wherein the programmable circuit of the control unit is programmed to track a number of times the end effector is actuated and prevent actuation of the end effector when the number of time the end effector has been actuated exceeds a limit.
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