Patent ID: 11931029
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surgical instrument, comprising:
(a) a body;
(b) a shaft extending distally from the body;
(c) a motor configured to couple with a power source;
(d) a firing assembly coupled with the motor;
(e) an end effector operatively coupled with the shaft, wherein the motor is activatable to actuate the firing assembly of the surgical instrument through a firing stroke to staple and sever tissue with the end effector; and
(f) a control circuit operatively coupled with the motor and configured to monitor one or more use metrics of the surgical instrument, wherein the one or more use metrics includes an applied stress experienced by the firing assembly during a firing stroke,
wherein the control circuit is configured to determine a cumulative applied stress experienced by the firing assembly over the course of multiple firing strokes,
wherein, responsive to the cumulative applied stress reaching or exceeding a predetermined threshold, the control circuit is further configured to initiate an action that comprises at least one of:
(i) providing a notification to a user, or
(ii) disabling the firing assembly.