Patent ID: 8551080

Claim:
A combination of: a shape memory surgical device capable of a shape change upon electrical resistive heating of said shape memory surgical device by application of electrical power thereto, and a system for providing electrical power heating to the heat-transformable shape memory surgical device, said system comprising: a sealed, sterilizable battery-operated handheld unit having a housing; a pair of electrodes for providing electrical power to the shape memory surgical device, said pair of electrodes extending from said housing; and a printed circuit board positioned within said housing, said printed circuit board including a system controller having a power circuit for controlling the receipt and distribution of electrical power to said pair of electrodes, a feedback circuit for measuring a condition of the shape memory surgical device associated with a shape change of the shape memory surgical device via said pair of electrodes, and a control circuit for receiving data from said feedback circuit and adjustably controlling an amount of electrical power that said power circuit distributes to said pair of electrodes and having an automatic-cutout circuit responsive to said feedback circuit for terminating the distribution of electrical power to said pair of electrodes upon the occurrence of a predetermined condition.