Surgical console and hand-held surgical device
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsDonald Malinouskas, Michael P. Whitman, David A. Zeichner
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Abstract
A surgical system and method includes a surgical instrument configured to wirelessly transmit identifying data specific to the surgical instrument and a console configured to receive the identifying data. The console is configured to register the surgical instrument based on the identifying data, establish a wireless two-way communication link between the surgical instrument and the console, receive at least one of operational data and commands from the surgical instrument, and provide operational feedback data to a user of the surgical instrument during an operation of the surgical instrument based on the at least one of operational data and commands.
Claims18
1-20. (canceled)
A surgical system, comprising:
- a surgical instrument configured to perform a plurality of functions;
- and
- a console configured to establish a wireless two-way communication link between the surgical instrument and the console,
- wherein in response to the wireless two-way communication link being disabled the surgical instrument is configured to disable at least one function of the plurality of functions and to perform at least one other function of the plurality of functions.
A surgical device, comprising:
- a surgical attachment;
- a hand-held drive unit including:
- a housing;
- a mounting portion configured to accept a corresponding portion of the surgical attachment;
- a plurality of actuators each of which is configured to perform at least one function of a plurality of functions;
- a user control element configured to register a user command;
- a processor disposed in the housing and configured to receive a user input signal from the user control element corresponding to the user command, the processor configured to control the actuator according to an operating program as a function of the user input signal;
- and
- a transceiver configured with a remote console via a wireless two-way communication link,
- wherein in response to the wireless two-way communication link being disabled the processor is configured to disable at least one function of the plurality of functions and to perform at least one other function of the plurality of functions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.