Patent ID: 11957342
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A method of characterizing media positioned between jaws of an end effector of a surgical instrument, the method comprising:
receiving, via a control circuit of the surgical instrument, signals from a plurality of electrodes positioned within the jaws of the end effector;
determining, via the control circuit, an impedance signal based on the signals received from the plurality of electrodes;
detecting, via the control circuit, the media positioned between the jaws of the end effector based on the determined impedance signal;
determining, via the control circuit, a position of the detected media along a longitudinal axis defined by the end effector based on the signals received from the plurality of electrodes;
generating, via the control circuit, an alert associated with the detected media and the determined position; and
characterizing, via the control circuit, the detected media based on the determined impedance signal.