Method for energy distribution in a surgical modular energy system

US11628006B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cilag GmbH International · CH

Inventors

• Joshua Henderson · Cincinnati, US
• Joshua P. Morgan · Loveland, US
• Andrew W. Carroll · Cincinnati, US
• Jeffrey L. Aldridge · Lebanon, US
• Eitan T. Wiener · Cincinnati, US
• Ryan M. Asher · Cincinnati, US
• John B. Schulte · Sharonville, US
• Gregory J. Bakos · Mason, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 5, 2019
• Grant date: Apr 18, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 10, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S40/18
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of operating a modular surgical system including a control module, a first surgical module, and a second surgical module is disclosed. The method includes detachably connecting the first surgical module to the control module by stacking the first surgical module with the control module in a stack configuration, detachably connecting the second surgical module to the first surgical module by stacking the second surgical module with the control module and the first surgical module in the stack configuration, powering up the modular surgical system, and monitoring distribution of power from a power supply of the control module to the first surgical module and the second surgical module.