A surgical cutting and fastening instrument comprises an end effector that has a shaft coupled thereto that is coupled to a robotic system. A tool mounting portion includes an electric, DC motor connected to a drive train in the shaft for powering the drive train. A power pack that comprises at least one charge-accumulating device connected to the DC motor for powering the DC motor is provided.

A surgical apparatus comprising: a mechanism that is configured to perform an operational motion of the surgical apparatus; and at least one transformation member having an original shape and a deformed shape, the at least one transformation member connecting the mechanism together, when the at least one transformation member is in the deformed shape so that the mechanism is capable of performing the operational motion; and wherein after the transformation member is subject a transition temperature, the at least one transformation member changes from the deformed shape to the original shape and disengages a portion of the mechanism so that the mechanism is prevented from performing the operational motion.

A patient-specific navigation guide for use in spinal surgery including a first and a second guide member, both integral with a supporting frame and extending along a respective longitudinal development axis from a proximal opening to a distal opening for guiding surgical instruments on a first vertebra of a patient. The guide also includes contact members designed to match with a corresponding plurality of contact areas on a first and on a second vertebra of the patient to define a single coupling configuration of the patient-specific navigation guide on the patient's vertebrae. The first and second guide members are substantially opposite with respect to a median plane orthogonal to a straight line joining the longitudinal axes of the first and second guide members. The navigation guide also comprises a single additional third guide member that is integral with the frame and is adapted to abut on a second vertebra.

An integrated hysteroscopic treatment system which includes an endoscopic viewing system, a fluid management system, a resecting device and a controller for operating all the systems.

An apparatus is provided including a sterile cover. The sterile cover includes a first portion (202) that defines a first cavity such that the first portion is configured to secure a non-sterile inverter (106) of a wide angle viewing attachment for a microscope within the first cavity. The sterile cover also includes a second portion integral with the first portion. The second portion defines a second cavity continuous with the first cavity. The second portion is configured to secure an imaging lens (201) of the microscope within the second cavity. A method is provided for using the microscope including the apparatus. A method is provided for forming the apparatus.

A surgical stapling apparatus includes a cartridge assembly defining a tissue contacting surface; an anvil assembly defining a tissue contacting surface; and a surgical buttress releasably secured to at least one of the tissue contacting surface of the cartridge assembly and the tissue contacting surface of the anvil assembly by at least one anchor. A loading unit includes a surgical buttress releasably secured to an anvil assembly and/or a staple cartridge secured thereto by at least one anchor, and a drive assembly including a knife blade, wherein movement of the drive assembly from a proximal position to a distal position results in the knife blade cutting the at least one anchor and freeing each surgical buttress from the anvil assembly and/or cartridge assembly.

Medical devices may include a patient-engaging section and an instrument-engaging section positioned on a body of the device and the methods of forming such devices. Medical devices described herein may include resection guides, resection guide locators, and/or instruments for use in surgical methods. Devices described herein may have sections that are complementary to a natural anatomical surface of a target area of bone of a predetermined patient. In some instances, a resection guide and resection guide locator may have portions configured to couple the resection guide to the resection guide locator. Resection guides and/or resection guide locators may include openings for receiving an instrument or tool during an operation on the predetermined patient target area of bone.

Integrated hysteroscopic treatment systems which includes an endoscopic viewing system, a fluid management system, a resecting device and a controller for operating all the systems.

Described here are systems and methods for positioning a surgical implant, such as a glenoid component, or other medical device intra-operatively. In general, the systems and methods described in the present disclosure implement a computer vision system, which may be a structured light computer vision system, together with a suitable optical tracker as an accurate intra-operative tool for predicting post-operative implant position in surgical procedures.

The present invention relates to an intubation system comprising insertion unit to be connected to a bending section of a medical instrument comprising an inner elongated shaft structure being capable of torque transmission around its length axis and an outer elongated shaft structure surrounding the inner elongated shaft structure and having a continuous outer surface, and an orientation controller being attached to the inner elongated shaft, such that when the orientation controller rotates, the bending section turns around itself.