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US 11,896,322 B2Granted
Sensing the patient position and contact utilizing the mono-polar return pad electrode to provide situational awareness to the hub
AssigneeCilag GmbH International
InventorsDavid C. Yates, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Shane R. Adams, Jason L. Harris
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Abstract
A surgical system is disclosed. The surgical system includes a monopolar return pad and a surgical hub wirelessly coupled to the monopolar return pad. The surgical hub includes a control circuit configured to determined a presence and a position of a patient on the monopolar return pad according to data received from the monopolar return pad.
Claims15
A surgical system comprising:
- a monopolar return pad;
- and
- a surgical hub communicatively coupled to the monopolar return pad, the surgical hub comprising a control circuit configured to determine a presence and a position of a patient on the monopolar return pad according to data received from the monopolar return pad.
A surgical system comprising:
- a monopolar return pad;
- a surgical hub communicatively coupled to the monopolar return pad;
- and
- a monopolar surgical instrument communicatively coupled to the surgical hub and configured to supply energy to a patient on the monopolar return pad;
- the surgical hub comprising a compensation circuit configured to adjust power to the monopolar surgical instrument to maintain a peak applied power at the monopolar surgical instrument while the patient is on the monopolar return pad.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.