Battery initialization clip
AssigneeEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
InventorsGavin M. Monson, Gregory A. Trees, Gordon J. Leather, David J. Stocks, David I. Ruddenklau, Robin M. Lee, Rebecca A. Wilkins, Wai T. Chan
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Abstract
A medical instrument is disclosed. The medical instrument includes a housing, a control lever rotatably coupled to the housing, at least one electrical contact, a radio frequency (RF) generation circuit coupled to and operated by the battery and operable to generate an RF drive signal and to provide the RF drive signal to the at least one electrical contact and an initialization clip coupled to housing and the control lever to prevent operation of the RF generation circuit and movement of the control lever.
Claims21
A medical instrument comprising:
- a housing;
- a control lever rotatably coupled to the housing;
- at least one electrical contact;
- a radio frequency (RF) generation circuit configured to and operated by a battery and operable to generate an RF drive signal and to provide the RF drive signal to the at least one electrical contact;
- and
- an initialization clip coupled to the housing and the control lever to prevent operation of the RF generation circuit and movement of the control lever.
A method of configuring a medical instrument comprising a housing, a control lever rotatably coupled to the housing, at least one electrical contact, a radio frequency (RF) generation circuit configured to be to and operated by a battery and operable to generate an RF drive signal and to provide the RF drive signal to the at least one electrical contact, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, the method comprising:
- fitting an initialization clip on the housing and the control lever a first time;
- storing an application code in the memory, the application code comprising a set of computer instructions to be executed by the processor;
- turning the instrument to an off state;
- removing the initialization clip;
- placing the instrument in production mode;
- and
- fitting an initialization clip on the housing and the control lever a second time.
A medical instrument comprising:
- a housing;
- a battery supported by the housing;
- a control lever rotatably coupled to the housing;
- at least one electrical contact;
- a radio frequency (RF) generation circuit coupled to and operated by the battery and operable to generate an RF drive signal and to provide the RF drive signal to the at least one electrical contact;
- a battery connection circuit coupled to the battery;
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- a remotely activated switch element coupled between the battery and the battery connection circuit;
- wherein when an initialization clip is attached to the housing, the battery connection circuit electrically disconnects the battery from the RF generation circuit;
- and
- wherein when the initialization clip is removed from the housing, the battery connection circuit electrically couples the battery to the RF generation circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.