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Accessing data stored in a memory of a surgical instrument

  • US 8,820,603 B2
  • Filed: 03/01/2011
  • Issued: 09/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical cutting and fastening instrument comprising:

  • a. an end effector comprising an anvil with staple forming feature thereon, a housing frame generally opposed to the anvil to hold a cartridge, said end effector comprising a knife and a channel in said frame to receive said knife, a replaceable cartridge holding staples that can be urged out the cartridge with a distal actuation of a deploying wedge, and at least one sensor;

    b. an elongated rigid shaft, said shaft having a motor located substantially therein that is operably coupled to an actuation mechanism, said shaft having at least one articulation joint for positioning the cartridge at an angle not parallel to a longitudinal axis of said shaft;

    c. an electrically coupled remote controlled actuation consol;

    d. linear drive motion converter to convert rotary motion from said motor to linear motion.

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