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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2021
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
John T. Shen, San Jose, CA (US);
Benjamin H. Feingold, Tucson, AZ (US);
David B. Bennett, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Rohitkumar Godhani, San Jose, CA (US);
Mithun Gundi, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert L. Jones, III, South Bend, IN (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of communicating with a slave device includes sending a first device discovery message from the communicator to the slave device using a first communication protocol; if the slave device responds to the first device discovery message using the first communication protocol, establishing communication between the slave device and a control device using the first communication protocol; if the slave device does not respond to the first device discovery message using the first communication protocol, sending a second device discovery message from the communicator to the slave device using a second communication protocol; and if the slave device responds to the second device discovery message using the second communication protocol, establishing communication between the slave device and the control device using the second communication protocol.