Abstract: A smartphone cover with a sensor to determine body wellness characteristics of a subject and method is disclosed. A cover having sensors for determining body characteristics is coupled with a mobile communications device. An application on the mobile communications device that signals via a communications channel test criteria to an application executing by a processor in the cover. Sensors embedded in the cover are engaged with the subject to detect the subject's body characteristics to determine medical conditions of the subject. Conditions are indicated on the mobile communications device.

Abstract: Adhesive pad systems that provide longer lasting adherence of the mounting unit to the host's skin are provided. Some systems include a reinforcing overlay that at least partially covers the adhesive pad. The reinforcing overlay may be removable without disturbing the sensor so that the overlay may be replaceable.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein use multiple AF discriminators to determine whether to classify an AF detection as a false positive. One method includes detecting R-waves within an EGM or ECG signal, determining R?R intervals based on the R-waves, detecting AF based on the R?R intervals, and using one or more time-based AF discriminators to analyze one or more temporal features of the EGM or ECG signal within a window leading up to the AF detection to thereby determine whether to classify the AF detection as a false positive. In response to not classifying the AF detection as a false positive using the one or more time-based AF discriminators, one or more morphology-based AF discriminators are used to analyze one or more morphological features of the EGM or ECG signal within the window leading up to the AF detection to thereby determine whether to classify the AF detection as a false positive.

Abstract: Blood pressure signals are reconstructed from PhotoPlethysmoGraphy (PPG) signals by: receiving PPG signals including systolic, diastolic and dicrotic phases; and determining first and second derivatives of the PPG signals and: a first set of values indicative of lengths of the signal paths of the PPG signal, the first derivative and the second derivative thereof in the systolic, diastolic and dicrotic phases; a second set of values indicative of relative durations of the PPG signal and the first and second derivatives thereof in the systolic, diastolic and dicrotic phases; and a third set of values indicative of the time separation of peaks and/or valleys in subsequent waveforms of the PPG signal. Reconstruction also includes applying artificial neural network processing to the first, second and third set of values. The artificial neural network processing includes artificial neural network training as a function of blood pressure signals to produce reconstructed blood pressure signals.

Abstract: A method of optimizing a bio-information estimation model by reflecting temperature variation characteristics for each wavelength is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method of optimizing a bio-information estimation model includes: obtaining a plurality of spectra according to a temperature variation; obtaining a rate of change in absorbance at each wavelength of the plurality of spectra according to the temperature variation by subtracting a reference spectrum from the plurality of spectra; generating a characteristic matrix for each wavelength based on the rate of change in absorbance at each wavelength according to the temperature variation; obtaining a temperature signal spectrum based on the characteristic matrix for each wavelength; and optimizing a bio-information estimation model based on the temperature signal spectrum.

Abstract: This invention relates to a breath indicator for providing an indication of an inhalation and/or exhalation state of a user. Said breath indicator comprising a body comprising a gas sampling portion configured for receipt of a user's inhalation and/or exhalation gases, and an indicator portion. Said gas sampling portion in fluid communication with said indicator portion. Said indicator portion comprising at least a first region and at least a second region, the first region comprising a gas parameter detecting material capable of changing between an initial visual state and a subsequent visual state indicative of detection of a gas parameter of inhalation and/or exhalation gases of said user; and wherein said initial visual state and/or said subsequent visual state of the first region visually contrasts with a visual state of at least said second region.

Abstract: The present invent is directed to a diagnostic platform that can be used to provide efficient and safe healthcare. The diagnostic platform has a database and back-end server for storing and processing healthcare information, a display for conveying information to a user, and a user interface for interacting with a user that includes an avatar that can assist the user. A diagnostic device including a temperature sensor, a heart rate sensor, a pulse oximeter sensor; and a stethoscope may be used to obtain healthcare information from the user. A system of electronic keys and electronic key readers may be integrated into the diagnostic platform to provide contract tracing functionality.

Abstract: A monitor mount is configured to detachably secure a first monitor and/or a second monitor individually or concurrently. The first monitor and the second monitor may have different sizes. Any of the monitors may be a patient monitor.

Abstract: A radiological filter includes a first working surface and a second working surface. The second working surface is placed opposite the first working surface to enable an x-ray beam to pass through the filter via the first and second working surfaces. The first working surface comprises first and second sectors, the first sector defining a first portion, which is substantially flat, and the second sector defining a second portion, which is substantially curved and complementary to the first portion.

Abstract: A nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a positron emission tomography (PET) detector, a scatterer, and processing circuitry. The scatterer is provided inside the PET detector. The processing circuitry detects a gamma ray scattered by the scatterer with the PET detector to identify a single event.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an imaging device configured to capture a camera image of a target; a controller configured to stitch a plurality of X-ray images of respective divided regions of the target to generate one X-ray image of the target; and a display configured to display a settings window that provides a GUI for receiving a setting of an X-ray irradiation condition for the respective divided regions, and display the camera image in which positions of the respective divided regions are displayed.

Abstract: A multi-spectral tomography imaging system includes one or more source devices configured to direct beams of radiation in multiple spectra to a region of interest (ROI), and one or more detectors configured to receive the beams of radiation. The system includes a processor configured to cause movement in at least one of the components such that a first beam of radiation with a first spectrum is directed to the ROI for less than 360 degrees of movement of the ROI. The processor is also configured to process data detected by the one or more detectors, where the data results at least in part from the first beam of radiation with the first spectrum that is directed to the ROI for less than the 360 degrees of movement of the ROI. The processor is further configured to generate an image of the ROI based on the processed data.

Abstract: A medical image diagnostic apparatus of an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry executes a scan based on a protocol designated by a user. The processing circuitry extracts a candidate protocol to be executed next to the protocol, based on protocol order information in which identification information that indicates each of a plurality of candidate protocols that can be executed starting from a specific protocol, and order information in which each candidate protocol is executed, are correlated with each other. The processing circuitry outputs the extracted candidate protocol.

Abstract: A method for improving the accuracy of a digital medical model of a part of a patient, the method includes obtaining a set of at least 2 medical images of the patient, where an element including a predefined geometry and/or predefined information was attached to the patient during the recording of the medical images; obtaining at least 2 tracking images taken with at least one camera having a known positional relationship relative to the medical imaging device, the tracking images depicting at least part of the element; determining any movement of the element between acquisition of the at least 2 tracking images; and generating the digital medical model from the acquired medical images, wherein the determined movement of the element is used to compensate for any movement of the patient between the acquisition of the medical images.

Abstract: One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums for optical imaging medical devices, such as, but not limited to, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and/or multi-modal OCT apparatuses and systems, and methods and storage mediums for use with same, for performing coregistration and/or selecting a co-registration algorithm are provided herein. One or more embodiments may involve using an image frame, such as, but not limited to, an angiography image frame, to display an imaging catheter path and calculate a reliability of co-registration between multiple imaging modalities. In one or more embodiments, coregistration feature(s) may be available in any image acquisition option(s), such as, but not limited to, any angiography image acquisition option(s), and coregistration may be performed even in a case where a user finishes an imaging pullback, such as, but not limited to, an intravascular imaging pullback.

Abstract: A deep learning (DL) convolution neural network (CNN) reduces noise in positron emission tomography (PET) images, and is trained using a range of noise levels for the low-quality images having high noise in the training dataset to produceuniform high-quality images having low noise, independently of the noise level of the input image. The DL-CNN network can be implemented by slicing a three-dimensional (3D) PET image into 2D slices along transaxial, coronal, and sagittal planes, using three separate 2D CNN networks for each respective plane, and averaging the outputs from these three separate 2D CNN networks. Feature-oriented training can be implemented by segmenting each training image into lesion and background regions, and, in the loss function, applying greater weights to voxels in the lesion region. Other medical images (e.g. MRI and CT) can be used to enhance resolution of the PET images and provide partial volume corrections.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for contrast enhanced ultrasound quantification imaging are provided.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1) includes a transducer array (2); a transmission and reception circuit (5) that causes the transducer array (2) to transmit an ultrasound beam toward a subject, and processes a reception signal output from the transducer array (2) that has received an ultrasound echo from the subject to generate a sound ray signal; an image generation unit (6) that generates an ultrasound image on the basis of the sound ray signal; a display device (8) that displays the ultrasound image; a blood vessel extraction unit (9) that extracts a blood vessel region by analyzing the ultrasound image; a highlight region setting unit (11) that sets at least one highlight region extending in a depth direction of the ultrasound image; and a highlighting unit (12) that highlights the blood vessel region which is extracted by the blood vessel extraction unit (9) and overlaps the at least one highlight region, on the display device (8).

Abstract: The continuous and dynamic computation of ejection fraction (EF) includes training a neural network with different sets of cardiac imaging data acquired of a ventricle for different hearts and a known EF for each of the sets and then loading the trained neural network into memory of a computer. Afterwards, contemporaneous sets of imaging data of a ventricle of a heart are continuously acquired according to a specified view. For each corresponding set of imaging data, an image quality value may then be computed, and the corresponding set of imaging data may be provided to the neural network. The neural network, in response, provides, as output, an EF determination output without tracing a ventricle boundary of the heart. Thereafter, both the computed image quality value and the EF determination output may be displayed in a display of the computer.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1) includes a gel layer thickness calculation unit (9) that calculates a thickness of a gel layer by analyzing an ultrasound image; a tissue recognition unit (10) that recognizes a tissue of a subject by analyzing the ultrasound image; and a press state determination unit (11) that determines a press state of an ultrasound probe (21) against a body surface of the subject on the basis of a shape change of the tissue recognized by the tissue recognition unit (10) in a case where the calculated thickness of the gel layer is equal to or less than a thickness threshold value.

Abstract: A catheter for contacting an object to be measured. The catheter includes an inner shaft having a distal end and including a lumen along a longitudinal axis direction, an outer shaft having a distal end and configured to cover an outer periphery of the inner shaft, and at least one ultrasonic element configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves while either the distal end of the inner shaft or the distal end of the outer shaft is in contact with the object to be measured, the at least one ultrasonic element being disposed between the inner shaft and the outer shaft, and on a proximal end side from at least one of the distal end of the inner shaft and the distal end of the outer shaft.

Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein related to controlling, using control circuitry, modulation circuitry to modulate and delay first ultrasound data generated by first ultrasound transducers positioned at a first azimuthal position of an ultrasound transducer array of an ultrasound device and second ultrasound data generated by second ultrasound transducers positioned at a second azimuthal position of the ultrasound transducer array of the ultrasound device, such that the first ultrasound data is delayed by a first delay amount and the second ultrasound data is delayed by a second delay amount that is different from the first delay amount. The first and second ultrasound data received from the modulation circuitry may be filtered and summed. The ultrasound transducer array, the control circuitry, the modulation circuitry, the filtering circuitry, and the summing circuitry may be integrated onto a semiconductor chip or one or more semiconductor chips packaged together.

Abstract: A method and system for two-dimensional shear wave elastography imaging (SWEI) that acquires B-mode ultrasound image of a region, selects an area of the B-mode image, automatically acquires two-dimensional shear wave elastography imaging data related to the selected area, and displays elasticity/velocity map on the selected area and optionally a reliability map. An algorithm takes as input one or combination of data sets selected from B-mode raw data or B-mode image data or elasticity/velocity map or reliability map or raw two-dimensional shear wave elastography imaging data inside selected area, or two-dimensional shear wave elastography imaging data at an intermediate stage of processing like displacement curves over time or their peak features, and outputs the 2D coordinate of measure ROI center. Measure ROI overlapped on the B-mode image and/or on the elasticity map and/or on the reliability map is displayed. An elasticity parameter inside the measure ROI is computed, optionally weighted, and displayed.

Abstract: An oral fluids sample collection method and apparatus includes a shield having a first face and a second face; an elastomeric nipple having an outer surface and defining a nipple interior extending from the first face of the shield; and a reservoir component extending from the second face of the shield comprising a reservoir having a reservoir interior. These elements are interconnected by a plurality of fluid conduit/valve combinations, including a first combination permitting flow from the nipple interior to an atmospheric vent port disposed on an exterior surface of the oral fluids collection device; a second combination permitting flow from the reservoir interior to the nipple interior; and a third combination permitting flow from a collection port disposed on the outer surface of the nipple to an exit port in the reservoir interior.

Abstract: A method of obtaining a tissue specimen includes moving a biopsy needle through a vasculature and through a wall of a blood vessel at a target site. At the target site, the biopsy needle forms a puncture through a wall of said blood vessel at a non-perpendicular angle so that an inner-wall opening of the puncture is further downstream from an outer-wall opening of the puncture. The biopsy needle resects a portion of tissue. The biopsy needle reenters the puncture with the portion of the tissue trapped therein. The biopsy needle is withdrawn from the vasculature for subsequent inspection of the tissue.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a lung biopsy system including an elongated housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end, at least one biopsy needle guide lumen extending within the housing, the guide lumen configured to enable deployment of a biopsy needle and extending from a proximal portion of the housing to a biopsy port in the housing, the biopsy port being positioned proximal to the distal end, a camera configured to be arranged in the housing to obtain optical data relating to a position of the system, a light source configured to be arranged in the housing adjacent to the camera to produce illumination for the camera; and one or more electrodes carried by the housing and positioned adjacent to the biopsy port, the one or more electrodes configured to measure an impedance of a surrounding tissue of a patient.

Abstract: Systems, methods and compositions relating to delivering synthetic polymer formulations to the body are described, which can be used by a range of medical personnel including those with minimal experience and training. Under some embodiments, the present invention relates to systems and devices for delivering polymer formulations to a body cavity (e.g. peritoneal cavity) to reduce or stop bleeding. Under some embodiments, an initial percutaneous access pathway is first formed using a delivery device with a probe and needle mechanism that automatically stops the advance of the device upon insertion into a body cavity or space, thus minimizing user error and improving patient safety. The hollow probe then allows transmission of polymer, mixed with gas and/or additional substances, from a holding chamber or canister to flow through the device and hollow probe into the patient's anatomic cavity or space of interest, stopping expansion when the device senses the appropriate pressure.

Abstract: A dual functioning instrument set, comprising a needle and guide, has not only the capabilities to enter and insufflate the abdominal cavity but also the ability of a suture passer to carry and retrieve suture for closure of the incision sites at the end of the procedure. The needle contains a deployable snare that is used to pass and retrieve suture. The guide is used to repeatedly locate the needle relative to the inner abdominal wall allowing for consistent placement of sutures. For insufflation purposes, obturator tips having different distal structures are provided for shielding the sharp needle tip after insertion through a body wall.

Abstract: An access needle is provided. The access needle includes a needle housing and a needle shaft having a portion disposed within the needle housing. The access needle also includes a lumen within the needle shaft, an entry port at a proximal end of the needle shaft, and a needle tip at a distal end of the needle shaft. The access needle also includes an exit port on a sidewall of the needle shaft, wherein the exit port is disposed nearer the distal end of the needle shaft than the proximal end, and wherein the lumen extends from the entry port to the exit port. A system and a method for using the access needle are also provided.

Abstract: Driver apparatus and methods for adjusting suture tension while driving a suture anchor into a bone tunnel during connective tissue repair surgery, such as hip or shoulder repair. The driver apparatus includes a drive shaft, a driver tip at a distal end for engaging a suture anchor, and a driver handle at a proximal end that includes a manually actuatable suture brake associated or integrated with the handle. The driver apparatus can be used in a method for inserting a suture anchor into a bone tunnel while making adjustments to suture tension by selectively actuating or releasing the suture brake while the suture anchor is being driven into a bone tunnel. The driver apparatus can be adapted for use with single stage push anchors, two-stage push anchors, two-stage threaded anchors, and knotless suture anchors having internal locking means.

Abstract: A suturing system is provided. The suturing system includes a rod having a magnetic tube extending from an end thereof. Additionally, the system includes a magnetic needle having one end attracted into the tube to magnetically engage therewith. The engagement of the needle and the tube is released after the needle is inserted through a material.

Abstract: A surgical kit includes a suture passer, a suture, a surgical access device, and a guide. The suture passer includes a handle assembly, an elongate shaft, a jaw assembly, and a suture retrieval assembly. The suture retrieval assembly includes an electromagnet disposed in the jaw assembly, a power module electrically coupled to the electromagnet, and an activation switch disposed on the handle assembly and electrically coupled to the power module to selectively activate the electromagnet. The suture includes a metal portion. A surgical access device includes a housing and a cannula extending distally from the housing. The cannula defines a lumen therethrough and lateral slots in communication with the lumen. The guide is detachably positionable with the surgical access device. The guide includes first and second channels and defines lateral openings in communication with the respective first and second channels. The lateral openings are in registration with the lateral slots.

Abstract: Systems and methods of repairing tissue are disclosed. Systems and methods may repair an opening through a hip capsule. Systems and methods preferably repair the tissue while minimally encroaching on the tissue immediately behind the repair, such as the hip joint tissues. Some systems may repair the tissue with a suture passer having a needle that slides in axial alignment with the passer and includes a first recess for passing the suture in a first axial direction and a second recess for passing the suture in an opposing axial direction. Some systems may pass a portion of a repair construct in a retrograde direction, placing the repair construct in a preferred arrangement accommodating for the stresses on the tissue.

Abstract: A stapling end effector includes an anvil assembly having a distal end and defining a plurality of staple forming pockets, and a cartridge assembly pivotal relative to the anvil assembly such that the end effector is movable between open and clamped positions. The anvil assembly supports a plurality of staples corresponding to the plurality of staple forming pockets. The surgical stapling instrument further includes a sensing tip disposed on a distal end of the end effector. The sensing tip is formed of a flexible material and includes at least one sensor for measuring at least one mechanical property. The mechanical property may include force, pressure or torque.

Abstract: A surgical instrument receives an indication to provide adaptive control of surgical instrument functions. The indication may indicate to provide adaptable staple height operating range, to control motors associated with tissue compression, and/or to operate using the operational parameters associated with previous surgical procedures. The surgical instrument may determine values for parameters associated with the identified function and adapt the control of the identified function based upon the determined parameters. The surgical instrument may adapt a display of staple height operating range based on parameters indicating a size of an anvil head. The surgical instrument may control motors associated with tissue compression based on parameters indicating force applied in the instrument. The surgical instrument may operate according to operational parameters identified by a surgical hub.

Abstract: A surgical hub for prioritizing data on a display using situational awareness of a medical instrument may be provided. A first surgical task that uses a medical instrument during a medical procedure may be determined based on a contextual data. A second surgical task that uses the medical instrument may be determined based on the first surgical task and the contextual data. A message may be sent that may instruct a display to prioritize a display data associated with the second surgical task.

Abstract: A surgical device includes first and second curved gripping sleeves that can be secured to first and second curved jaws of the surgical device to allow the device to function as a grasper. The curved gripping sleeves include nonslip surfaces which are brought into juxtaposed alignment with each other when the surgical device is moved from an open position to a clamped position to clamp tissue between the nonslip surfaces of the gripping sleeves.

Abstract: A hand-held surgical instrument includes a handle housing and a shaft assembly extending distally from the handle housing. The shaft assembly includes an elongate body configured to translate from a distal position to a proximal position in response to an insertion of a surgical loading unit into a distal end portion of the shaft assembly. The shaft assembly has a cam plate configured to convert rotational motion into an articulation of an end effector of the surgical loading unit. When the elongate body is in the distal position, the elongate body is configured to prevent rotation of the cam plate.

Abstract: A system for aligning a needle driver with a tip of a suture needle includes a suture needle package having a base, a needle driver alignment guide, and at least one connector for securing the suture needle. The needle driver alignment guide has first and second lateral guide walls that oppose one another for defining a needle driver guide channel. An end wall interconnects the first and second lateral guide walls for defining a distal end of the needle driver alignment guide. The at least one connector secures the suture needle over the base and controls the orientation of the suture needle so that a tip of the suture needle is located within the suture needle guide channel and is bounded by the end wall and the first and second lateral guide walls. A needle driver has a clamping assembly at a distal end that engages the end wall of the needle driver alignment guide for aligning the clamping assembly with the tip of the suture needle.

Abstract: A wound closure device can be provided as described herein. In an example, the wound closure device includes a first suture segment having a first suture configuration and a second suture segment having a second suture configuration. The first and second suture configurations can be different from each other. For example, the first suture configuration can includes a first set of characteristics such as barbed or non-barbed, barb sizes, filament sizes, colors, materials, and/or the like and the second suture configuration can include a second set of characteristics such as barbed or non-barbed, barb sizes, filament sizes, colors, materials and/or the like that can be different from the first set of characteristics. The wound closure device can further include connecting section configured to provide a transition from the first suture segment to the second suture segment.

Abstract: A system for making a surgical suture having a reformed tip includes a receiver die having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an elongated channel formed in the top surface that extends between first and second ends of said receiver die. The elongated channel includes a suture channel having a first end and a second end, a first sloping surface that extends downwardly between the first end of the suture channel and the first end of the receiver die, and a second sloping surface that extends downwardly between the second end of the suture channel and the second end of the receiver die. The system includes an upper die having a top surface and a bottom surface that opposes the top surface of the receiver die. The system has an open die position in which the bottom surface of the upper die is spaced away from the top surface of the receiver die and a closed die position in which the bottom surface of the upper die is in contact with the top surface of the receiver die.

Abstract: A surgical instrument controls communication capabilities between the surgical instrument and a removeable component. The surgical instrument may determine parameters associated with the surgical instrument and the removable component. Based on the parameters, the surgical instrument determines a level or tier of communication between the surgical instrument and the removable component. The surgical instrument may determine to configure one or more of the following levels: one-way static communication with the component; two-way communication with the component; real-time two-way communication with the component; and communication with a surgical hub.

Abstract: A surgical instrument may have multiple operating modes. An instrument operation mode may be selected from multiple operation modes, which may be preconfigured, dynamically updated, semi-dynamically updated, periodically updated, or preset. Multi-modal instrument operation may control the availability, access, level of use, level of interaction and/or support for one or more capabilities available through an instrument. A multi-modal surgical instrument may be fully operational in multiple modes of operation while varying one or more capabilities based on a mode of operation, such as one or more of sensors, communications, user-instrument interaction, displays, data storage, data access, data aggregation, data analytics, surgical support, feedback, surgical recommendations, etc.

Abstract: A stop member for use with a surgical stapling device includes a plurality of sections that are releasably coupled to each other. Each of the sections includes a coupling member that can be selectively coupled to a tool assembly of the surgical stapling device to limit an actuation stroke of a drive assembly of the stapling device. Sections of the stop member can be removed from the stop member to change the position of a stop surface of the stop member on the tool assembly to change the effective stroke length of the clamp member.

Abstract: A surgical stapling device includes a body portion that defines a longitudinal axis and a tool assembly that articulates about an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis. An articulation link assembly is supported in the body portion and is movable between retracted and advanced positions to pivot the tool assembly between a non-articulated position and articulated positions. The articulation assembly supports an articulation lock assembly that is movable from a locked position to an unlocked position in response to longitudinal movement of the articulation assembly to facilitate articulation of the tool assembly. The articulation lock assembly stabilize the articulation link assembly within the body portion when the surgical stapling device is fired to minimize occurrence of tremors in the tool assembly.

Abstract: A surgical device includes a jaw assembly, an articulating assembly and a drive shaft. The jaw assembly includes first and second jaws. The articulating assembly is removably coupled to a proximal end of the jaw assembly and includes a distal joint member, a proximal joint member, and a pivot pin. The pivot pin is fixedly coupled to the distal joint member and is rotatably coupled to the proximal joint member. The jaw assembly and the distal joint member together define a first longitudinal axis. The proximal joint member defines a second longitudinal axis. The drive shaft includes a gear element that is meshingly engaged with a pivoting gear element that is fixedly coupled to the pivot pin. Longitudinal movement of the first drive shaft pivots the jaw assembly relative to the proximal joint member about a pivot axis defined by the pivot pin.

Abstract: A surgical stapling device includes a tool assembly having an actuation sled assembly that includes an actuation sled and a knife movably supported on the actuation sled. The tool assembly includes structure for moving the knife in relation to the actuation sled between extended and retracted positions in response to movement of the actuation sled through a staple cartridge of the tool assembly. Movement of the knife moves a cutting edge of the knife in relation to the actuation sled within a tissue gap defined by the tool assembly to impart a degree of vertical motion to the cutting edge of the knife. This enables the tool assembly to leverage micro-serrations on the cutting edge of the knife to enhance cutting efficiency of the knife.

Abstract: The invention provides improved devices, systems, and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The invention provides devices, systems, and methods that may more successfully approximate and repair tissue by improving the capture of tissue into the devices. The invention may be a one-way mechanism that allows tissue to enter the mechanism but not easily exit, such as a leaf-spring, a protrusion, a pivoting arm and one or more frictional elements.

Abstract: A surgical instrument receives an indication to provide adaptive control of surgical instrument functions. The indication may indicate to provide adaptable staple height operating range, to control motors associated with tissue compression, and/or to operate using the operational parameters associated with previous surgical procedures. The surgical instrument may determine values for parameters associated with the identified function and adapt the control of the identified function based upon the determined parameters. The surgical instrument may adapt a display of staple height operating range based on parameters indicating a size of an anvil head. The surgical instrument may control motors associated with tissue compression based on parameters indicating force applied in the instrument. The surgical instrument may operate according to operational parameters identified by a surgical hub.

Abstract: A surgical instrument receives an indication to provide adaptive control of surgical instrument functions. The indication may indicate to provide adaptable staple height operating range, to control motors associated with tissue compression, and/or to operate using the operational parameters associated with previous surgical procedures. The surgical instrument may determine values for parameters associated with the identified function and adapt the control of the identified function based upon the determined parameters. The surgical instrument may adapt a display of staple height operating range based on parameters indicating a size of an anvil head. The surgical instrument may control motors associated with tissue compression based on parameters indicating force applied in the instrument. The surgical instrument may operate according to operational parameters identified by a surgical hub.