Method for constructing and using a modular surgical energy system with multiple devices

US11666368B2 · 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
• James M. Vachon · West Chester, US
• Ryan M. Asher · Cincinnati, US
• John B. Schulte · Sharonville, US
• John E. Hein · Menasha, US
• James R. Hoch · Appleton, US
• Gregory J. Bakos · Mason, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 5, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 6, 2023
• Expiry date: Dec 4, 2041

Classification

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

Abstract

A method for constructing a modular surgical system is disclosed. The method comprises providing a header module comprising a first power backplane segment, providing a surgical module comprising a second power backplane segment, assembling the header module and the surgical module to electrically couple the first power backplane segment and the second power backplane segment to each other to form a power backplane, and applying power to the surgical module through the power backplane.