James C Power

US Patent:

20170245809, Aug 31, 2017

Filed:

May 12, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/593737

Inventors:

- Mansfield MA, US
Nelson Scarborough - Andover MA, US
Marisha Godek - Portland CT, US
Rohan Shah - New Haven CT, US
James Power - Crownsville MD, US
Nilay Mukherjee - Burlington MA, US
Frank Viola - Sandy Hook CT, US
Edward Mckenna - Boulder CO, US
Shannon Campbell - Boulder CO, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/00
A61B 5/07
A61B 17/115
A61B 17/06
A61B 17/064
A61B 5/145
A61B 17/11

Abstract:

A monitoring system is disclosed for in vivo monitoring of preselected physiological parameters associated with acute and/or chronic tissue compromise or failure in one or multiple tissue/organ sites in real time. In one method, a body portion of a surgical stapling device is positioned adjacent a first tissue section, an anvil assembly adapted to engage the body portion is positioned adjacent a second tissue section, and a monitoring device is positioned adjacent the first and/or second tissue sections. The monitoring device includes a sensor adapted to measure a preselected physiological parameter and a transmitter for transmitting signal to an extracorporeal receiving unit. The surgical stapling device is fired to mechanically secure the first and second tissue sections with at least one staple and the preselected physiological parameter is monitored via the information transmitted from the monitoring device to the receiving unit.