Chip assembly for reusable surgical instruments

US10811816B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Covidien LP · US

Inventors

• Christopher Penna · Guilford, US
• Anthony Sgroi, Jr. · Wallingford, US
• Charlie Kollar · Town of West Hartford, US
• David Valentine · Hamden, US
• Justin Williams · Southbury, US
• Patrick Mozdzierz · Glastonbury, US
• Stephen Paul · Town of East Hartford, US
• Ramiro Cabrera · Cheshire, US
• Steven H. Joyce · Durham, US
• Joseph Guerrera · Watertown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 20, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 3, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R2201/12
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An improved chip assembly for use in a stapling device includes a housing assembly receivable within a reload assembly. The housing assembly includes a base member defining a cavity and an identification assembly received within the cavity. The chip assembly further includes a plug assembly configured to selectively engage the base member. The plug assembly includes a housing, a wire extending from the housing, a seal member disposed within and extending from a distal end of the housing, and first and second contact members extending through the seal member and from the housing. The seal member is configured to be frictionally received within the base member to secure the plug assembly to the housing assembly in a fluid tight manner.