LOW DEADSPACE AIRWAY ADAPTER

In some implementations, a low dead space airway adapter for sampling fluid flowing through a ventilation assembly includes an outer wall configured to couple to an endotracheal (ET) tube adapter and an internal projection positioned at least partially within an internal cavity defined by the outer wall and configured to extend within an internal cavity of the ET tube adapter when the airway adapter is in use. The internal projection can include a fluid passageway configured for fluid communication with at least a portion of the internal cavity of the ET tube adapter and a free end comprising an opening in fluid communication with the fluid passageway. At least a portion of the free end can be chamfered around the opening and configured to contact an inner surface of the ET tube adapter when the outer wall is coupled to the ET tube adapter.

Stapling instrument comprising a staple cartridge insertion stop

A surgical stapling instrument comprising a cartridge jaw configured to receive a staple cartridge, an anvil jaw, and a firing member configured to eject the staples from the staple cartridge during a firing stroke is disclosed. The anvil jaw comprises a stop extending into the cartridge jaw which prevents the staple cartridge from contacting the firing member when the staple cartridge is inserted into the cartridge jaw.

Surgical instrument system comprising an end effector lockout and a firing assembly lockout

Surgical stapling instruments are disclosed comprising a staple cartridge, a firing member, and a cartridge lockout configured to prevent the firing member from being advanced through the staple cartridge if the staple cartridge has been already spent. The stapling instruments further comprise a lockout in the shaft that responds to the cartridge lockout blocking the firing member.

Stapling instrument comprising a firing lockout

A surgical stapling instrument comprising a tissue cutting knife movable through a staple cartridge to perform a staple firing stroke is disclosed. The stapling instrument further comprises a lockout system configured to prevent the tissue cutting knife from being moved through the staple firing stroke if the staple cartridge is missing from the stapling instrument and/or if the staple cartridge has been previously fired. The lockout system comprises a flexible spring that acts on the bottom of the tissue cutting knife at the initiation of the staple firing stroke to push the tissue cutting knife into a lockout recess if the staple cartridge is missing or has been previously fired.

Stapling instrument comprising jaw mounts

A surgical instrument comprising a first jaw, a moveable second jaw, and one or more mounting brackets that retain said second jaw to said first jaw is disclosed.

FILAMENTARY DEVICES HAVING A FLEXIBLE JOINT FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS

Devices and methods for treatment of a patient's vasculature are described. Embodiments may include a permeable implant having a radially constrained state configured for delivery within a catheter lumen, an expanded state, and a plurality of elongate filaments that are woven together. The implant may include first and second permeable shells. The first permeable shell having a proximal end with a concave or recessed section and a second permeable shell having a convex section that mates with the concave or recessed section. The implant also includes a flexible, articulating joint between the first and second permeable shells.

STAPLING INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A CONTROL SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS A FIRING STROKE LENGTH

A surgical stapling instrument comprising an articulatable end effector including a staple cartridge is disclosed. The stapling instrument further comprises an articulation drive configured to articulate the end effector and a staple firing drive configured to fire the staples from the staple cartridge during a staple firing stroke. The articulation drive is selectively engageable with the staple firing drive to articulate the end effector and decoupled from the staple firing drive during the staple firing stroke. The stapling instrument further comprises a control system that is configured to compensate for the net displacement of the staple firing drive that occurs when articulating the end effector.

Stapling instrument comprising an articulation control display

A surgical instrument comprising an articulatable end effector and a control system that controls the articulation of the end effector and provides feedback to the user of the surgical instrument.

STAPLING INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A MOUNTED SHAFT ORIENTATION SENSOR

A surgical instrument comprising an articulatable end effector and an articulation control system is disclosed. The articulation control system comprises actuators that, when actuated, cause the end effector to articulate in predetermined directions. When the end effector is rotated downwardly, the articulation control system flips, or switches, the response to the inputs from the actuators.

Spectrum management device and method, wireless network management device and method, and medium

The present invention relates to a spectrum management device and method, a wireless network management device and method, and a medium. According to one embodiment, an electronic device for spectrum management comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control in order to send spectrum supply and demand information to one or more first spectrum management nodes and/or receive the spectrum supply and demand information from the one or more first spectrum management nodes. The spectrum supply and demand information is associated with spectrum supply and demand of the electronic device and/or of a wireless network management node managed by the first spectrum management node.