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US 2014/0155888 A1Published application
Integrated blade assembly and identification circuit
AssigneeGyrus ACMI, Inc.
InventorsKevin C. Edwards, Jay A. Casey, Vlad Bluvshtein, Lori E. Lucke, Dan W. Vahle, Moussa Sane, David C. Church
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Abstract
An interchangeable tip comprising: a stylet; a blade module including: an enclosure that electrically connects, signally connects, or both the interchangeable tip to a power source, a signal source, or both; and blade circuitry having: one or more control buttons, one or more switches, or both for controlling operation one or more functions of the interchangeable tip.
Claims20
1) An interchangeable tip comprising:
- a. a stylet;
- b. a blade module including:
- i. an enclosure that electrically connects, signally connects, or both the interchangeable tip to a power source, a signal source, or both;
- and
- ii. blade circuitry having:
- 1. one or more switches for controlling operation one or more functions of the interchangeable tip.
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11) An interchangeable tip comprising:
- a. a stylet;
- b. a blade module including:
- i. an enclosure that electrically connects, signally connects, or both the interchangeable tip to power source, a signal source, or both;
- and
- ii. blade circuitry including an identification circuit;
- wherein the blade circuitry provides a signal to a controller, control module, generator, or a combination thereof so that the controller, the control module, the generator, or a combination thereof determines one or more functions of the interchangeable tip, and
- wherein the stylet is free of contact with electrodes so that the stylet is free of power.
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17) An interchangeable tip comprising:
- a. a stylet;
- b. a blade module including:
- i. a connection enclosure and
- ii. a control enclosure including two or more pins;
- wherein a signal across the two or more pins have a capacitance of zero.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.