Interactive surgical systems with encrypted communication capabilities

A surgical hub configured to transmit generator data associated with a surgical procedure from a generator of the surgical hub to a cloud-based system communicatively coupled to a plurality of surgical hubs, the surgical hub, comprising:

• a control circuit configured to:
• receive generator data from the generator, wherein the generator data is structured into a data packet comprising at least two of the following fields:
• a field that indicates a source of the generator data;
• a unique time stamp;
• a field indicating an energy mode of the generator;
• a field indicating a power output of the generator;
• and
• a field indicating a duration of the power output of the generator;
• encrypt the generator data;
• generate a message authentication code based on the generator data;
• generate a datagram comprising the encrypted generator data, the generated message authentication code, a source identifier and a destination identifier;
• and
• transmit the datagram to a cloud-based system, wherein the datagram allows for the cloud-based system to:
• decrypt the encrypted generator data of the transmitted datagram;
• verify integrity of the generator data based on the message authentication code;
• authenticate the surgical hub as a source of the datagram;
• and
• validate a transmission path followed by the datagram between the surgical hub and the cloud-based system.

A surgical hub configured to prioritize surgical data associated with a surgical procedure from a surgical device of the surgical hub to a cloud-based system communicatively coupled to a plurality of surgical hubs, the surgical hub comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
• capture surgical data, wherein the surgical data comprises data associated with the surgical device;
• time-stamp the captured surgical data;
• identify a failure event;
• identify a time period associated with the failure event;
• isolate failure event surgical data from surgical data not associated with the failure event based on the identified time period;
• chronologize the failure event surgical data by time-stamp;
• encrypt the chronologized failure event surgical data;
• generate a datagram comprising the encrypted chronologized failure event surgical data, wherein the datagram is structured to include a field which includes a flag that prioritizes the encrypted chronologized failure event surgical data over other encrypted data of the datagram;
• transmit the datagram to the cloud-based system, wherein the datagram allows for the cloud-based system to:
• decrypt the encrypted chronologized failure event surgical data;
• focus analysis on the failure event surgical data rather than surgical data not associated with the failure event;
• and
• flag the surgical device associated with the failure event for at least one of:
• removal from an operating room;
• return to a manufacturer;
• future inoperability in the cloud-based system;
• or
• a download update to prevent failure events.