Adaptably connectable and reassignable system accessories for modular energy system

US11696790B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cilag GmbH International · CH

Inventors

• Brendan J. Oberkircher · Cincinnati, US
• Matthew C. Miller · Cincinnati, US
• Aaron C. Voegele · Loveland, US
• Ryan M. Asher · Cincinnati, US
• Eitan T. Wiener · Cincinnati, US
• Joshua Henderson · Cincinnati, US
• Benjamin J. Danziger · Kenmore, US
• Grace E. Brooks · Cincinnati, US
• Nabeel Jadeed · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 5, 2019
• Grant date: Jul 11, 2023
• Expiry date: Jan 12, 2042

Classification

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

Abstract

A modular energy system that can include a header module removably couplable to one or more energy modules. The one or more energy modules collectively comprise multiple ports to which a surgical instrument is connectable and are each configured to drive a plurality of energy modalities for the surgical instrument. The header module can comprise a display screen configured to display a user interface. The header module is connectable to a footswitch such that the header module can receive a control signal from the footswitch and can send a control signal to the footswitch. The header module can further comprise configured to assign the footswitch to a particular port and, based on user input received via the user interface, reassign the footswitch to another of the ports.