Abstract: A surgical instrument including a system for stopping a beam of the surgical instrument from impacting a distal pin when reversing a knife is disclosed. A knife assembly of the surgical instrument comprises the knife, the beam, and a firing nut. A firing lead screw can drive the firing nut distally and proximally. A firing screw compression spring extends along the firing lead screw and applies a load proximally on the firing nut when the firing nut is driven toward a distal end of the firing lead screw.

Abstract: A system for preventing unwanted tissue migration in surgical staplers includes a surgical stapler having an end effector including an upper jaw and a lower jaw. A distal end of the upper jaw is connected to a distal end of the lower jaw, and a proximal end of the upper jaw is connected to a proximal end of the lower jaw. First and second tissue stops are formed on the distal and proximal ends of the lower jaw, respectively. The second tissue stop and the proximal end of the upper jaw define a no cut zone when the surgical stapler is in an open position. The surgical stapler also includes a tissue cutting device disposed within the lower jaw for resecting tissue. The system also includes a warning, blocking, impeding, or barrier forming device for preventing the unwanted migration of tissue into the no tissue zone.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program product records call data, may include, an input couplable to an audio source, memory; network interface; and processor(s), configured to: detect a call, capture digital audio data, and transmit digital audio data over the network interface to a network accessible resource. The apparatus may include processor(s) to record a call, audio (e.g., speaker, etc); and/or any other content such as video/image(s) from webcam; user screen capture (e.g., employee) computing device; environmental sensor data (e.g., temperature, etc.); geo-location information from a device (e.g., GPS); computer usage; electronic communications (e.g., email, etc.); or social networking activities; to provide/transmit activity information to a network cloud to store, or to process (e.g.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for providing a user activity management system including recording activity which may include audio; video or image; screen capture; data from a sensor; location information; computer usage; electronic communications; or social networking activities; transmitting activity information to a network cloud; making available for analyzing, viewing, reporting, training, or alerting; attaching a user activity record to IT systems; or verifying user commitments. The system or method may optionally further include providing playback or supervisor review of recordings; incorporating feedback into an employee or user record; incorporating notes-to-self; or enabling selecting an activity as a best practice for training purposes.