18379781. SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS ARRAY FOR POWER AND DATA TRANSFER (Cilag GmbH International)

SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS ARRAY FOR POWER AND DATA TRANSFER

Organization Name

Cilag GmbH International

Inventor(s)

Frederick E. Shelton, Iv of Hillsboro OH US

Shane R. Adams of Lebanon OH US

Kevin M. Fiebig of Cincinnati OH US

SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS ARRAY FOR POWER AND DATA TRANSFER

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18379781 titled 'SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS ARRAY FOR POWER AND DATA TRANSFER

Original Abstract Submitted

A surgical instrument comprises a shaft and an end effector extending from the shaft, the end effector comprising a staple cartridge comprising: a cartridge deck, a cartridge body, and a cartridge antenna supported by the cartridge body; a longitudinal channel, comprising: a base, a first wall extending from the base, a second wall extending from the base, wherein the second wall is spaced apart from the first wall to accommodate the staple cartridge therebetween in an assembled configuration, and a channel antenna supported by the first wall, wherein the cartridge antenna and the channel antenna are to cooperatively define a wireless signal-transfer circuit in the assembled configuration; and an aligner to interlock the staple cartridge and the longitudinal channel in the assembled configuration, wherein the aligner is adjacent the channel antenna and the staple cartridge antenna to maintain a predefined spatial relation between the channel antenna and the cartridge antenna in the assembled configuration.