Manjit Singh Bindra,Prabhu Ramlingam,Adam J. Ross,Michael A. Zemlok
申请号：
US12762557
公开号：
US08308043B2
申请日:
2010.04.19
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
A device and a method are provided for determining a characteristic of an interchangeable component of a surgical instrument. An electrically conductive material having a measurable strength measurable by a hall effect sensor is coupled to the component. In another embodiment, a plurality of conductive materials are arranged to form a binary code representing a corresponding of the interchangeable component. The number and/or strength of the magnets measurable by the sensors may be dynamically altered such that the status of the surgical instrument is determinable.
