Abstract: Packaging and methods are provided. The packaging includes a manufacturer-sealed, sterile surgical package, a surgical instrument stored within the manufacturer-sealed, sterile package; and at least one secondary-use package contained within the manufacturer-sealed, sterile surgical package. The at least one secondary-use package is configured to receive and sterilely contain one or more components of the surgical instrument following the surgical procedure. The at least one secondary-use package includes at least one authenticator configured to selectively allow access to the at least one secondary-use package.

Abstract: Surgical systems and methods are provided. The surgical systems include a manufacturer-sealed sterile surgical package containing a surgical instrument, at least one data processor, and memory storing instructions configured to cause the at least one data processor to perform operations. The operations include update a historical record of the surgical package and/or the surgical instrument based on at least one of a current geo-political location and a supply-chain progression of the surgical system, and provide, based on at least one of the current geo-political location and the supply-chain progression of the surgical system, handling instructions for the surgical system.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for selectively adjustable data exchange are provided. In an aspect, an assembly including a protective container having a medical device disposed therein is provided. The protective container can be sealed to prevent contaminates from contacting the medical device. The assembly can further include a radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag disposed within the protective container. The RFID can include a data processor and memory storing first data and instructions configured to cause the data processor to perform operations. The operations can include receiving request data from a remote network in operable communication with the RFID. The request data can characterize a query for the first data stored in the memory to be provided to the remote network. The operations can include determining a subset of the data based on the received request data and a data transfer rule stored in the memory.

Abstract: Surgical systems and methods are provided. The surgical systems include a manufacturer-sealed sterile surgical package containing a surgical instrument, at least one data processor, and memory storing instructions configured to cause the at least one data processor to perform operations. The operations include receive, from a remote server, data characterizing one or more aspects of a surgical procedure involving the surgical instrument, determine a level of compatibility of the surgical instrument with each of the one or more aspects of the surgical procedure, provide the determined level of compatibility.

Abstract: Surgical systems and methods are provided. The surgical systems include a manufacturer-sealed sterile surgical package containing a surgical instrument configured to be used in a surgical procedure, at least one data processor, and memory storing instructions configured to cause the at least one data processor to perform operations. The operations include catalogue components of the surgical instrument, determine disposal procedures for each of the components of the surgical instrument, and provide the disposal procedures at the end of the surgical procedure.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided. The systems include a manufacturer-sealed sterile surgical packaging containing a surgical instrument configured to be used in a surgical procedure, a graphical display, at least one data processor in operable communication with the graphical display, and memory in operable communication with the at least one data processor, and storing instructions configured to cause the at least one data processor to perform operations. The operations can include storing parameters corresponding to the surgical instrument, receiving a data set characterizing parameters associated with the surgical instrument, adjusting based on the received data, the catalogued parameters, determining a graphical depiction characterizing the adjusted parameters, and providing the graphical depiction of the adjusted parameters on the graphical display.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided. The systems can include at least one primary packaging, at least one graphical display disposed on the primary packaging, and an electronic management system in electronic communication with the primary packaging. The electronic management system is configured to receive data characterizing a list of compatible secondary packagings stored on the primary packaging, determine a compatible secondary packaging in electronic communication with the electronic management system from the list of compatible secondary packagings stored on the primary packaging, and provide data characterizing the determined compatible secondary packaging on the at least one graphical display of the primary packaging.

Abstract: Surgical systems and methods are provided. The surgical systems include at least one primary surgical system, and an electronic management system in electronic communication with the primary surgical system. The electronic management system is configured to update a virtual compatibility list stored on a primary surgical system with compatibility information, create a first virtual kit for a surgical procedure, and provide the first virtual kit. The compatibility information characterizes a level of compatibility between the primary surgical system and one or more secondary surgical systems in electronic communication with the electronic management system. The first virtual kit including the primary surgical system and at least one of the one or more secondary surgical systems selected based upon the compatibility list.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a shaft assembly, an end effector, and a drive member visualization assembly. The end effector includes a first jaw, a second jaw, a staple cartridge, and a drive member capable of actuating along a firing stroke to fire a plurality of staples out of the staple cartridge or to sever tissue. The drive member visualization assembly provides an electronic indication linked to a physical location of the drive member within the upper jaw and the lower jaw during the firing stroke.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for selectively adjustable data exchange are provided. In an aspect, an assembly including a protective container having a medical device disposed therein is provided. The protective container can be sealed to prevent contaminates from contacting the medical device. The assembly can further include a radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag disposed within the protective container. The RFID can include a data processor and memory storing first data and instructions configured to cause the data processor to perform operations. The operations can include receiving request data from a remote network in operable communication with the RFID. The request data can characterize a future data processing operation to be performed on a subset of the first data after the subset is transmitted from the RFID tag and a request for the subset of the first data to be transmitted from the RFID tag to the remote network.

Abstract: A staple cartridge comprising a cartridge body, a sensor array, and a thermal control system is disclosed.

Abstract: Examples described herein may include a surgical power device to balance power needs. The surgical power device may determine a first power expectation associated with a first surgical module, a second power expectation associated with a second surgical module, and an available amount of operating room power within an operating room; determine a power budget for the first surgical module and the second surgical module based on the available amount of operating room power, the first power expectation, and the second power expectation; and control the power distribution unit, based on the power budget, to a set a first portion and a second portion of the operating room power supplied to the power distribution unit.

Abstract: Examples described herein any include a surgical module for use within the surgical system. The surgical module may include a first port connected to a surgical hub; a second port connected to an additional surgical module; and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive surgical data; determine if the surgical data is a first type of data or a second type of data; and instruct the surgical module to send the surgical data to the first port if the surgical data is the first type of data or to the second port if the surgical data is the second type of data.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an external body, a floor attached to the external body, an applicator pad, and a cover. The external body defines an internal cavity and extends between a bottom and top end. The applicator pad extends from the floor into the internal cavity defined by the external body. The applicator pad has an absorbent material that can absorb an electro-lubricant. The applicator pad is dimensioned to be grasped by a pair of jaws of a surgical instrument. The cover is associated with the top end of the external body and partially defines the internal cavity of the external body. The cover allows the pair of jaws to enter the internal cavity via the cover to grasp the applicator pad.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a body, a shaft, a stapling assembly, and a sequential logic device. The body includes a safety switch, a firing actuator, and a motor. The stapling assembly is disposed at a distal end of the shaft, wherein the stapling assembly is configured to selectively move from an open position to a closed position to clamp tissue. The sequential logic device is operatively coupled with the motor and configured to detect an actuation of the safety switch and of the firing actuator. The sequential logic device is further operable to detect an order in which the safety switch and the firing actuator are actuated, compare the detected order to a predetermined order, and in response to determining that the detected order is equivalent to the predetermined order, transmit a motor activation signal to the motor.

Abstract: A surgical instrument comprising an end effector and a closure actuator configured to engage with the end effector is disclosed. The surgical instrument further comprises an articulation drive operable to rotate the end effector about an articulation joint when the closure drive is in its partially-closed position. The surgical instrument further comprises a closure lock biased toward a top portion of the closure actuator and configured to interact with a top notch such that the closure actuator remains in a fully open position, a partially closed position, or a fully closed position.

Abstract: Methods of operating a surgical instrument are disclosed herein.

Abstract: A staple cartridge comprising a cartridge body, a sensor array, and a thermal control system is disclosed.

Abstract: A surgical shaft is disclosed. The surgical shaft includes a proximal shaft portion including a proximal connector, where the proximal connector includes a proximal conductor assembly, and a distal shaft portion rotatable relative to the proximal shaft portion. The distal shaft portion includes a distal connector including a plurality of conductors operably engaged with the proximal conductor assembly. The plurality of conductors includes a first conductor and a second conductor, where the first conductor and the second conductor include a coating configured to prevent fluid from contacting the same.

Abstract: A method of operating a robotically controlled surgical instrument that includes an end effector, a driving assembly, and a lockout, the method includes inhibiting actuation of the driving assembly when the lockout is in a locked configuration in response to an unspent staple cartridge being absent from a first jaw of the end effector. The method also includes inserting the unspent staple cartridge into the first jaw of the end effector to switch the lockout to an unlocked configuration. The method also includes actuating the driving assembly to pivot the first jaw, which includes the staple cartridge, toward a second jaw of the end effector to at least one of staple or cut tissue with the end effector when the lockout is in the unlocked configuration.