Surgical tool and handheld electrosurgical instrument, and method for recognizing a surgical tool
AssigneeOlympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
InventorAndreas MÜCKNER
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A surgical tool, which can be identified in a simple and at the same time unambiguous manner. This is achieved in that a surgical tool has an electrical conductor element having a tool-specific electronic signature. An unambiguous identification of the tool is possible via this tool-specific electronic signature. Each surgical tool of the claimed type thus has a signature, using which it can be unambiguously identified.
Claims9
A surgical tool for a handheld electrosurgical instrument wherein the tool can be detachably coupled to the handheld instrument and is electrically connectable to an HF generator, characterized by an electrical conductor element having a tool-specific electronic signature, which enables an unambiguous identification of the tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.