Adaptive control program updates for surgical hubs

A surgical system, comprising:

• a cloud-based analytics subsystem configured to be communicably coupled to a surgical hub and an aggregated medical database, wherein the cloud-based analytics subsystem comprises a control circuit and a memory configured to store an application, and wherein, when executed by the control circuit, the application causes the control circuit to:
• receive a transmitted signal from the surgical hub;
• determine a step of a surgical procedure being performed on a patient based, at least in part, on the transmitted signal;
• retrieve data associated with the determined step of the surgical procedure from the aggregated medical database, wherein the retrieved data comprises a black list of surgical devices associated with the determined step of the surgical procedure;
• generate an analytic solution for the surgical procedure performed on the patient based, at least in part, on the retrieved data associated with the determined step of the surgical procedure;
• and
• determine that the surgical hub is on the black list of surgical devices based, at least in part, on the transmitted signal to prevent the surgical hub from interacting with the cloud-based analytics subsystem.

A surgical system, comprising:

• a cloud-based analytics subsystem to be communicably coupled to a surgical hub and a medical database, wherein the cloud-based analytics subsystem comprises a control circuit and a memory to store a hub application executable to cause the control circuit to:
• receive a transmitted signal from a surgical hub associated with a surgical procedure;
• determine a step in the surgical procedure based, at least in part, on the transmitted signal;
• retrieve data associated with the determined step in the surgical procedure from a medical database, wherein the retrieved data comprises a black list of surgical devices associated with the determined step in the surgical procedure;
• and
• determine that a surgical instrument communicatively coupled to the surgical hub is counterfeit based, at least in part, on the black list of surgical devices;
• and
• generate an analytic solution for the surgical procedure performed on a patient based, at least in part, on the determination that the surgical instrument is counterfeit, wherein the analytic solution comprises preventing full functionality of the surgical instrument.