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US Patent 10052100 Surgical instrument system configured to detect resistive forces experienced by a tissue cutting implement

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US Patent 10064621 Articulatable surgical instrument comprising a firing drive

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US Patent 10064688 Surgical system with selectively articulatable end effector

US Patent 10070861 Articulatable surgical device

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US Patent 10071452 Automated end effector component reloading system for use with a robotic system

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US Patent 10085748 Locking arrangements for detachable shaft assemblies with articulatable surgical end effectors

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US Patent 10105140 Surgical console and hand-held surgical device

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US Patent 10111702 Surgical instrument

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US Patent 10130367 Surgical apparatus

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US Patent 10143474 Surgical stapler

US Patent 10149679 Surgical instrument comprising drive systems

US Patent 10149680 Surgical instrument comprising a gap setting system

US Patent 10149682 Stapling system including an actuation system

US Patent 10149683 Powered surgical cutting and stapling apparatus with manually retractable firing system

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US Patent 10159483 Surgical apparatus configured to track an end-of-life parameter

US Patent 10163589 Adapter assemblies for interconnecting surgical loading units and handle assemblies

US Patent 10166025 Surgical stapling device with lockout system for preventing actuation in the absence of an installed staple cartridge

US Patent 10166026 Staple cartridge assembly including features for controlling the rotation of staples when being ejected therefrom

US Patent 10172611 Adjunct materials and methods of using same in surgical methods for tissue sealing

US Patent 10172615 Multi-fire push rod stapling device

US Patent 10172616 Surgical staple cartridge

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US Patent 10172620 Compressible adjuncts with bonding nodes

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US Patent 10180463 Surgical apparatus configured to assess whether a performance parameter of the surgical apparatus is within an acceptable performance band

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US Patent 10182815 Surgical stapling apparatus

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US Patent 10194904 Surgical staple and method of use

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US Patent 10194910 Stapling assemblies comprising a layer

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US Patent 10201363 Motor-driven surgical instrument

US Patent 10201364 Surgical instrument comprising a rotatable shaft

US Patent 10201365 Surgeon feedback sensing and display methods

US Patent 10201381 Hand instruments with shaped shafts for use in laparoscopic surgery

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US Patent 10206676 Surgical cutting and fastening instrument

US Patent 10206677 Surgical staple and driver arrangements for staple cartridges

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US Patent 10226249 Articulatable surgical instruments with conductive pathways for signal communication

US Patent 10226250 Modular stapling assembly

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US Patent 10226274 Ultrasonic surgical instrument with articulation joint having plurality of locking positions

US Patent 10231634 Surgical instruments with sensors for detecting tissue properties, and system using such instruments

US Patent 10231653 Advanced continuous analyte monitoring system

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US Patent 10231794 Surgical stapling instruments with rotatable staple deployment arrangements

US Patent 10238385 Surgical instrument system for evaluating tissue impedance

US Patent 10238386 Surgical stapler having motor control based on an electrical parameter related to a motor current

US Patent 10238387 Surgical instrument comprising a control system

US Patent 10238389 Robotically-controlled motorized surgical instrument with an end effector

US Patent 10238390 Surgical staple cartridges with driver arrangements for establishing herringbone staple patterns

US Patent 10238391 Drive train control arrangements for modular surgical instruments

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US Patent 10245028 Power adapter for a surgical instrument

US Patent 10245029 Surgical instrument with articulating and axially translatable end effector

US Patent 10245030 Surgical instruments with tensioning arrangements for cable driven articulation systems

US Patent 10245032 Staple cartridges for forming staples having differing formed staple heights

US Patent 10245034 Inducing tissue adhesions using surgical adjuncts and medicants

US Patent 10245035 Stapling assembly configured to produce different formed staple heights

US Patent 10245033 Surgical instrument comprising a lockable battery housing

US Patent 10245038 Surgical stapler with circumferential firing

US Patent 10245058 Manipulator for medical use

US Patent 10251648 Surgical staple cartridge staple drivers with central support features

US Patent 10251649 Surgical stapler buttress applicator with data communication

US Patent 10251725 Authentication and information system for reusable surgical instruments

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US Patent 10258330 End effector including an implantable arrangement

US Patent 10258331 Mechanisms for compensating for drivetrain failure in powered surgical instruments

US Patent 10258332 Stapling system comprising an adjunct and a flowable adhesive

US Patent 10258333 Surgical fastening apparatus with a rotary end effector drive shaft for selective engagement with a motorized drive system

US Patent 10258336 Stapling system configured to produce different formed staple heights

US Patent 10258418 System for controlling articulation forces

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US Patent 10265067 Surgical instrument including a regulator and a control system

US Patent 10265068 Surgical instruments with separable motors and motor control circuits

US Patent 10265072 Surgical stapling system comprising an end effector including an implantable layer

US Patent 10265073 Surgical stapler with terminal staple orientation crossing center line

US Patent 10265074 Implantable layers for surgical stapling devices

US Patent 10265090 Hand held electromechanical surgical system including battery compartment diagnostic display

US Patent 10271844 Surgical stapling apparatus employing a predictive stapling algorithm

US Patent 10271845 Fastener cartridge assembly comprising a cam and driver arrangement

US Patent 10271846 Staple cartridge for use with a surgical stapler

US Patent 10271849 Woven constructs with interlocked standing fibers

US Patent 10271851 Modular surgical stapling system comprising a display

US Patent 10307159 Surgical instrument handle assembly with reconfigurable grip portion

US Patent 10307160 Compressible adjunct assemblies with attachment layers

US Patent 10307161 Surgical stapling apparatus including an anvil and cartridge each having cooperating mating surfaces

US Patent 10307163 Detachable motor powered surgical instrument

US Patent 10307170 Method for closed loop control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument

US Patent 10307202 Electrocautery hemostasis clip

US Patent 10285694 Surgical stapler with timer and feedback display

US Patent 10285695 Articulatable surgical instruments with conductive pathways

US Patent 10285699 Compressible adjunct

US Patent 10285705 Surgical stapling system comprising a grooved forming pocket

US Patent 10314559 Medical device guidance

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US Patent 10314582 Surgical instrument comprising a shifting mechanism

US Patent 10314587 Surgical staple cartridge with improved staple driver configurations

US Patent 10314588 Fluid penetrable buttress assembly for a surgical stapler

US Patent 10314589 Surgical instrument including a shifting assembly

US Patent 10314590 Articulating surgical stapling instrument incorporating a two-piece e-beam firing mechanism

US Patent 10315566 Vehicle control device mounted on vehicle and method for controlling the vehicle

US Patent 10278696 Surgical fastener applying apparatus

US Patent 10278697 Staple cartridge comprising a staple driver arrangement

US Patent 10278702 Stapling system comprising a firing bar and a lockout

US Patent 10278703 Temporary fixation tools for use with circular anastomotic staplers

US Patent 10278707 Resection line guide for a medical procedure and method of using same

US Patent 10278722 Motor-driven surgical cutting and fastening instrument

US Patent 10278780 Surgical instrument for use with robotic system

US Patent 10292701 Articulation drive features for surgical stapler

US Patent 10292704 Mechanisms for compensating for battery pack failure in powered surgical instruments

US Patent 10292707 Articulating surgical stapling instrument incorporating a firing mechanism

US Patent 10293100 Surgical stapling instrument having a medical substance dispenser

US Patent 10293553 Buttress brachytherapy and integrated staple line markers for margin identification

US Patent 10299787 Stapling system comprising rotary inputs

US Patent 10299788 Surgical instruments including MEMS devices

US Patent 10299789 Adapter assembly for surgical stapling devices

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US Patent 10299817 Motor-driven fastening assembly

US Patent 10299818 Device for treatments of endoscopic resection/removal of tissues

US Patent 10299878 Implantable adjunct systems for determining adjunct skew

US Patent 10321907 System for monitoring whether a surgical instrument needs to be serviced

US Patent 10321909 Staple cartridge comprising a staple including deformable members

US Patent 10321927 Articulating mechanisms and link systems with torque transmission in remote manipulation of instruments and tools

US Patent 10327743 Device and methods for endoscopic annuloplasty

US Patent 10327764 Method for creating a flexible staple line

US Patent 10327765 Drive systems for surgical instruments

US Patent 10327767 Control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument based on angle of articulation

US Patent 10327769 Surgical stapler having motor control based on a drive system component

US Patent 10327776 Surgical stapling buttresses and adjunct materials

US Patent 10327777 Implantable layer comprising plastically deformed fibers

US Patent 10335144 Surgical instrument

US Patent 10335145 Modular surgical instrument with configurable operating mode

US Patent 10335147 Method of using lockout features for surgical stapler cartridge

US Patent 10335148 Staple cartridge including a tissue thickness compensator for a surgical stapler

US Patent 10335149 Articulatable surgical instruments with composite firing beam structures with center firing support member for articulation support

US Patent 10335150 Staple cartridge comprising an implantable layer

US Patent 10335151 Robotically-driven surgical instrument

US Patent 10337148 Hesperaloe tissue having improved cross-machine direction properties

US Patent 10342533 Surgical instrument

US Patent 10342535 Method of applying staples to liver and other organs

US Patent 10342541 Surgical instruments with E-beam driver and rotary drive arrangements

US Patent 10342543 Surgical stapling system comprising a shiftable transmission

US Patent 10342623 Surgical guidance systems, devices, and methods

US Patent 10368838 Surgical tools for laser marking and laser cutting

US Patent 10368861 Dual articulation drive system arrangements for articulatable surgical instruments

US Patent 10368863 Robotically-controlled shaft based rotary drive systems for surgical instruments

US Patent 10368864 Systems and methods for controlling displaying motor velocity for a surgical instrument

US Patent 10368865 Mechanisms for compensating for drivetrain failure in powered surgical instruments

US Patent 10368867 Surgical instrument comprising a lockout

US Patent 10368892 Features for coupling surgical instrument shaft assembly with instrument body

US Patent 10349939 Method of applying a buttress to a surgical stapler

US Patent 10350016 Stapler with cable-driven advanceable clamping element and dual distal pulleys

US Patent 10357246 Rotary powered surgical instrument with manually actuatable bailout system

US Patent 10357247 Surgical instrument with multiple program responses during a firing motion

US Patent 10357248 Extensible buttress assembly for surgical stapler

US Patent 10357252 Surgical staple configurations with camming surfaces located between portions supporting surgical staples

US Patent 10363031 Tissue thickness compensators for surgical staplers

US Patent 10363033 Robotically-controlled surgical instruments

US Patent 10363036 Surgical stapler having force-based motor control

US Patent 10363037 Surgical instrument system comprising a magnetic lockout

US Patent 10376263 Anvil modification members for surgical staplers

US Patent 10383626 Method and system to determine an optimal tissue compression time to implant a surgical element

US Patent 10383628 Surgical linear stapler

US Patent 10383629 System and method for preventing reprocessing of a powered surgical instrument

US Patent 10383630 Surgical stapling device with rotary driven firing member

US Patent 10383633 Robotically-driven surgical assembly

US Patent 10383634 Stapling system incorporating a firing lockout

US Patent 10390823 End effector comprising an adjunct

US Patent 10390825 Surgical instrument with progressive rotary drive systems

US Patent 10390828 Devices and methods for sealing staples in tissue

US Patent 10390829 Staples comprising a cover

US Patent 10390830 Surgical clip applicator

US Patent 10390841 Control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument based on angle of articulation

US Patent 10390897 Medical device adapter with wrist mechanism

US Patent 10398433 Laparoscopic clamp load measuring devices

US Patent 10398434 Closed loop velocity control of closure member for robotic surgical instrument

US Patent 10398436 Staple cartridge comprising staples positioned within a compressible portion thereof

US Patent 10405854 Surgical stapling cartridge with layer retention features

US Patent 10405857 Powered linear surgical stapler

US Patent 10405859 Surgical instrument with adjustable stop/start control during a firing motion

US Patent 10405863 Movable firing beam support arrangements for articulatable surgical instruments

US Patent 10405914 Thermally adjustable surgical system and method

US Patent 10405932 Robotic endocutter drivetrain with bailout and manual opening

US Patent 10413370 Methods, systems, and devices for causing end effector motion with a robotic surgical system

US Patent 10413373 Robotic visualization and collision avoidance

US Patent 10420548 Surgical device having multiple drivers

US Patent 10426466 Handheld electromechanical surgical system

US Patent 10478207 Surgical grasper

US Patent 10492851 Surgical clamp

US Patent 10512461 Surgical fastener applying apparatus

US Patent 10542908 Surgical equipment control input visualization field

US Patent 10542985 Surgical stapling device with firing indicator

US Patent 10548673 Surgical tool with a display

US Patent 10561474 Surgical stapler with end of stroke indicator