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US 2007/0191826 A1Published application
Matrix router
OwnerChristopher Park, Salvatore Priviterainventors
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Abstract
A surgical router can be used for connecting multiple disposable devices to a single piece of capital equipment, and connecting multiple pieces of capital equipment to a single disposable device. The surgical router also can be used to simplify the workflow for a surgical procedure by allowing multiple tasks to be performed, such as ablation of tissue and pacing of tissue, without requiring switching of handpiece connections.
Claims20
A surgical router, comprising:
- a) an energy source operable to power a plurality of surgical devices;
- b) a plurality of interface ports operable to connect the plurality of surgical devices to the router, the plurality of surgical devices comprising:
- (i) a first ablation surgical device,
- (ii) a second surgical device;
- and
- c) a switch operable to selectively connect the energy source to the first ablation surgical device or the second surgical device.
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A surgical router, comprising:
- a) an interface port operable to connect with a first surgical device, the first surgical device being operable in a set of modes, the set of modes comprising:
- i) a pacing mode,
- ii) a sensing mode, and
- iii) an ablation mode;
- b) an energy source operable to transmit a power signal via the interface port to the first surgical device in the ablation mode;
- c) a pacing module in communication with the energy source, wherein the pacing module is operable to transmit a pacing signal to the first surgical device in the pacing mode;
- and
- d) a first switch operable to selectively enable transmission of:
- i) the power signal, or
- ii) the pacing signal
- to the first surgical device.
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A surgical router, comprising:
- a) an energy source;
- b) a first interface port operable to connect with a first surgical device;
- c) a plurality of operational logic circuitries in communication with the energy source and the first interface port comprising:
- (i) a first operational logic circuitry operable to implement a first power generation curve by regulating energy from the energy source, and
- (ii) a second operational logic circuitry operable to implement a second power generation curve, by regulating energy from the energy source;
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- d) a circuitry operable to selectively activate an operational logic circuitry from the plurality of operational logic circuitries.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.