Daniel L. Baber,Jeffrey S. Swayze,Andrew T. Beckman,Kevin L. Houser
申请号:
US14478908
公开号:
US09737301B2
申请日:
2014.09.05
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要:
A surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a first jaw and a second jaw, wherein at least one of the first jaw and the second jaw is movable relative to the other one of the first jaw and the second jaw between an open configuration and an approximated configuration. In addition the surgical instrument includes a cutting member movable during a firing stroke to cut tissue captured between the first jaw and the second jaw, the cutting member comprising a cutting surface at a distal portion thereof. In addition, the surgical instrument further includes a sensing module operable to measure a characteristic of the cutting surface.