Surgical RFID assemblies for instrument operational setting control
AssigneeCilag GmbH International
InventorFrederick E. Shelton, IV
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Abstract
A control system for a surgical instrument. The control system includes 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 and/or users, determine a type of the surgical instrument being utilized or surgical procedure being performed according to the received data, and determine an operational setting for the surgical instrument or another device within the surgical system, which may be tailored according to the particular user identity scanned by the RFID scanner.
Claims19
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 the surgical instrument via the RFID scanner, the first datum identifying the surgical instrument;
- receive a second datum from a second RFID tag associated with a consumable device for use with the surgical instrument via the RFID scanner in response to the consumable device being inserted into the surgical instrument, the second datum identifying the consumable device;
- determine an operational setting based on the first datum from the first RFID tag associated with the surgical instrument and based on the second datum from the second RFID tag associated with the consumable device;
- and
- control the surgical instrument according to the determined operational setting.
A control system for a surgical instrument, the control system comprising:
- a first RFID scanner configured to scan a first RFID tag associated with a first consumable device for use with the surgical instrument in response to the first consumable device being inserted into the surgical instrument;
- a second RFID scanner configured to scan a second RFID tag associated with a second consumable device for use with the surgical instrument in response to the second consumable device being inserted into the surgical instrument;
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- a control circuit coupled to the first RFID scanner and second RFID scanner, the control circuit configured to:
- receive a first datum associated with the first RFID tag, the first datum identifying the first consumable device;
- receive a second datum associated with the second RFID tag, the second datum identifying the second consumable device;
- receive a third datum from a third RFID tag associated with the surgical instrument, the third datum identifying the surgical instrument;
- determine an operational setting based on the first datum, the second datum, and the third datum;
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- control the surgical instrument according to the determined operational setting.
A control system for a surgical instrument, the control system comprising:
- an RFID scanner configured to scan an RFID tag associated with a consumable device for use with the surgical instrument in response to the consumable device being inserted into the surgical instrument;
- and
- a control circuit coupled to the RFID scanner, the control circuit configured to:
- receive a first datum associated with the RFID tag, wherein the first datum identifies the consumable device;
- receive a second datum associated with the surgical instrument, wherein the first datum identifies the surgical instrument;
- determine an operational setting based on the first datum identifying the consumable device and based on the second datum identifying the surgical instrument;
- and
- control the surgical instrument according to the determined operational setting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.