Patent ID: 11890013
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a manipulator, the manipulator being configured to have an instrument mounted thereto, the instrument including an end effector configured for mounting of a replaceable stapler cartridge and a pusher member configured to articulate a staple pushing shuttle of the replaceable stapler cartridge to deploy staples from the replaceable stapler cartridge;
an actuation mechanism drivingly coupled with the pusher member; and
a control unit configured to:
control operation of the actuation mechanism to move the pusher member from a first position to a second position, wherein at the second position, the pusher member makes contact with a portion of the replaceable stapler cartridge or a portion of the end effector;
determine a length that the pusher member moves from the first position to the second position; and
determine, based on the length that the pusher member moves, an operational status of the instrument relating to the replaceable stapler cartridge.