Frederick E. Shelton, IV;James R. Giordano; IV;Jeffrey S. Swayze;Frederick E. Shelton
发明人:
Frederick E. Shelton, IV,James R. Giordano,Jeffrey S. Swayze
申请号:
US12793595
公开号:
US08840603B2
申请日:
2010.06.03
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要:
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.