Surgical RFID assemblies for compatibility detection
AssigneeCilag GmbH International
InventorsFrederick E. Shelton, IV, Kevin M. Fiebig
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Abstract
A control system for a surgical instrument. The control system comprises an RFID scanner and a control circuit coupled to the RFID scanner. The control circuit is configured to receive data from RFID tags associated with devices, determine whether the devices are compatible based on a comparison of the received data, and provide an alert that the devices are incompatible or a suggestion to replace one of the devices with a replacement compatible device.
Claims23
A control system for a surgical instrument, the control system comprising:
- an RFID scanner;
- and
- a control circuit coupled to the RFID scanner, the control circuit configured to:
- receive a first datum from a first RFID tag associated with a first component of the surgical instrument via the RFID scanner;
- receive a second datum from a second RFID tag associated with a second component of the surgical instrument via the RFID scanner;
- determine that the first component is compatible with the second component based on a comparison of the first datum and the second datum when the first component and the second component are assembled to the surgical instrument;
- and
- establish a communication protocol for communicating with the first component and the second component based on the first datum and the second datum when the first component and the second component are assembled to the surgical instrument.
A control system for a surgical instrument, the control system comprising:
- an RFID scanner;
- and
- a control circuit coupled to the RFID scanner, the control circuit configured to:
- receive a first datum from a first RFID tag associated with a first device via the RFID scanner;
- receive a second datum from a second RFID tag associated with a second device via the RFID scanner;
- determine that the first device is incompatible with the second device based on a comparison between the first datum and the second datum;
- identify a third device that is compatible with the first device based on the comparison between the first datum and the second datum;
- and
- provide a suggestion to a user of the surgical instrument for the third device as a replacement for the second device.
A control system for a surgical instrument, the surgical instrument for use with a surgical system, the control system comprising:
- an RFID scanner;
- and
- a control circuit coupled to the RFID scanner, the control circuit configured to:
- receive a first datum from a first RFID tag associated with a first device of the surgical instrument via the RFID scanner;
- determine an operational setting for the surgical system according to the first datum;
- receive a second datum from a second RFID tag associated with a second device of the surgical instrument via the RFID scanner;
- and
- update the operational setting from a first value to a second value based on a comparison of the first datum and the second datum when the first device and the second device are assembled to the surgical system, wherein the operational setting is dependent on the compatibility of the first device and the second device with each other.
A control system for a surgical instrument, the control system comprising:
- an RFID scanner;
- and
- a control circuit coupled to the RFID scanner, the control circuit configured to:
- receive a first datum from a first RFID tag associated with a first component of the surgical instrument via the RFID scanner;
- receive a second datum from a second RFID tag associated with a second component of the surgical instrument via the RFID scanner;
- determine that the first component is not compatible with the second component based on the first datum and the second datum;
- and
- prevent an operation of the surgical instrument based on the determined incompatibility of the first component with the second component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.