Invention Application
- Patent Title: SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH FIBER BRAGG GRATING
- Patent Title (中): 手术仪器与纤维BRAGG GRATING
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Application No.: US14808922Application Date: 2015-07-24
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Publication No.: US20150327915A1Publication Date: 2015-11-19
- Inventor: DUANE E. KERR , WILLIAM H. NAU, Jr.
- Applicant: COVIDIEN LP
- Main IPC: A61B18/14
- IPC: A61B18/14 ; G01L1/24 ; A61B18/12 ; G01K11/32

Abstract:
A surgical instrument includes an end effector including first and second jaw members movable relative to one another between a first, spaced-apart position and a second position proximate tissue. In the second position, the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. A first optical fiber is disposed within the first jaw member and is configured to provide a first signal, and a second optical fiber is disposed within the first jaw member and is configured to provide a second signal. A controller is coupled to the first and second fibers and is configured to determine the temperature and the strain of the first jaw member as a function of the first and second signals, respectively.
Public/Granted literature
- US09375265B2 Surgical instrument with fiber Bragg grating Public/Granted day:2016-06-28
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