Surgical footswitch assignment for modular energy system

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

• one or more energy modules, wherein each of the one or more energy modules comprises ports, wherein each of the ports is configured to deliver an energy modality to a surgical instrument connected thereto;
• a footswitch configured to control the activation of at least one of the ports;
• and
• a header module comprising a display screen, wherein:
• the footswitch is configured to wirelessly pair with the header module,
• the modular energy system is configured to:
• detect when the footswitch is available to be wirelessly connected to the modular energy system and is available to be assigned one of the ports, and
• identify one or more of the ports that are available to be controlled by the footswitch;
• and
• the display screen is configured to:
• render a graphical user interface (GUI)
• display a plurality of widgets, wherein each widget corresponds to one of the ports;
• in response to the modular energy system detecting when the footswitch is available to be wirelessly connected to the modular energy system and is available to be assigned to one of the ports, display an object indicating that the footswitch is available to be assigned to one of the ports;
• prior to any user interaction with the object, display an icon in the widgets that correspond to the ports that are available to be controlled by the footswitch;
• and
• allow a user to drag and drop the object into one of the widgets having the icon, wherein dragging and dropping the object into one of the widgets displaying the icon causes the header module to do both of the following:
• wirelessly pair with the footswitch, and
• assign the footswitch to the port corresponding to the widget.

A method for assigning a footswitch to control a port of a modular energy system, wherein the modular energy system comprises an energy module and a display screen configured to render a graphical user interface, and wherein the energy module comprises ports configured to deliver energy modalities to surgical instruments coupled thereto, the method comprising:

• displaying, by the GUI, a plurality of widgets corresponding to the ports;
• detecting, by the modular energy system, that the footswitch is available to be assigned to one of the ports, wherein detecting, by the modular energy system, that the footswitch is available to be assigned to one of the ports comprises detecting that the footswitch is available to be wirelessly paired with the modular energy system;
• displaying, by the GUI, an object indicating that the footswitch is available to be assigned to one of the ports based on the detection of the footswitch;
• identifying, by the modular energy system, one or more of the ports that are available to be controlled by the footswitch;
• displaying, by the GUI, an icon in the widgets corresponding to the one or more ports identified as available to be controlled by the footswitch, wherein the icon indicates that the port is available to be controlled by the footswitch;
• assigning, by the modular energy system, the footswitch to one of the ports based on a user input, the user input including the user interacting with the GUI to drag and drop the object into one of the widgets having the icon indicating that the port is available to be controlled by the footswitch;
• and
• wirelessly pairing the footswitch with the modular energy system based on the user input such that the footswitch is both assigned to one of the ports and wirelessly paired with the modular energy system based on the same user input.