STERILISABLE SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61B17/72 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine. A surgical instrument includes the first and the second part, which can be subjected to sterilisation separately from the first part. The first part contains a rest plate, a channel for a staple cartridge and/or the staple cartridge and a mobile cutting element. The second part contains electronic components. The electronic components provide control of the surgical instrument and/or registration of data, collected in the process of the surgical instrument operation. The first part can be subjected to sterilisation by gamma-radiation. The second part can be subjected to sterilisation by any other suitable method: steam, ethylene oxide, ozone and/or hydrogen oxide. The First and second parts can be subjected to sterilisation independently of each other and be stored in two different containers. The second part can be stored in a hermetically closed packet and can include an electric output, made with a possibility of puncturing the packet in order to provide connection with the first part.

EFFECT: improvement of the construction.

17 cl, 60 dwg