Patent ID: 11903587
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B  G  H | IPC A  B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A surgical system, comprising:
a situational awareness module comprising a first control circuit in signal communication with one or more surgical devices, wherein the first control circuit is configured to infer procedural information based on data received from the one or more surgical devices; and
a surgical stapling instrument, comprising:
a sensor, and
a second control circuit configured to:
communicably couple to the situational awareness module;
receive an input from the situational awareness module, wherein the input is based on the procedural information inferred by the situational awareness module;
receive a sensor output signal from the sensor;
determine a first parameter associated with firing the surgical stapling instrument based on the sensor output signal; and
adjust a second parameter associated with firing the surgical stapling instrument based on the input from the situational awareness module and the first parameter.