Recharge system for medical devices

US9381058B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kevin L. Houser · Springboro, US
• Gavin M. Monson · Oxford, US
• Foster B. Stulen · Mason, US
• Daniel W. Price · Loveland, US
• Ashvani K. Madan · Mason, US
• John W. Willis · Cincinnati, US
• Donna L. Korvick · Maineville, US
• Aron O. Zingman · Cambridge, US
• David C. Yates · Morrow, US
• Timothy G. Dietz · Wayne, US
• Frederick E. Shelton, IV · Hillsboro, US
• Jerome R. Morgan · Cincinnati, US
• Jeffrey L. Aldridge · Lebanon, US
• Bret W. Smith · South Lebanon, US
• Hitesh Jain · Gothan, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 18, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 5, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 11, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53913
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus comprises a base and at least one indicator in communication with the base. The base comprises a housing and at least one slot. The at least one slot is shaped to receive a reusable component from a surgical instrument. The at least one indicator is in communication with the at least one slot. The base is configured to detect at least one characteristic related to the reusable component when the reusable component is placed into the at least one slot. Wherein the at least one indicator is configured to provide a signal to the user regarding the at least one characteristic.