Modular surgical energy system with module positional awareness with digital logic

A modular surgical system for use in a surgical procedure, the modular surgical system comprising:

• a header module;
• a first surgical module comprising a first identifier indicative of a first position of the first surgical module relative to the header module;
• a second surgical module, wherein the first surgical module is detachably couplable to the header module and the second surgical module in a stack configuration, wherein the second surgical module comprises a second identifier indicative of a second position of the second surgical module relative to the first surgical module, wherein the first identifier and the second identifier are different bit patterns, and wherein the different bit patterns are based on the positions of the first surgical module and the second surgical module in the stacked configuration relative to the header module;
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• a control circuit extending from the header module to the second surgical module through the first surgical module based on the header module, the first surgical module, and the second surgical module being arranged in the stack configuration, wherein the control circuit is to yield the first identifier and the second identifier based on the header module, the first surgical module, and the second surgical module being arranged in the stack configuration.

A modular surgical system for use in a surgical procedure, the modular surgical system comprising:

• a header module;
• a first surgical module;
• a second surgical module, wherein the first surgical module is arrangeable in a stack configuration with the header module and the second surgical module;
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• a control circuit extending from the header module to the second surgical module through the first surgical module based on the header module, the first surgical module, and the second surgical module being arranged in the stack configuration, wherein the control circuit comprises;
• a first logic gate configuration configured to yield a first bit pattern identifying the first surgical module in the stack configuration;
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• a second logic gate configuration, wherein the first logic gate configuration and the second logic gate configuration are configured to co-operatively yield a second bit pattern identifying the second surgical module in the stack configuration, and wherein the first bit pattern is different than the second bit pattern.