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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11986234 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024

Filed:

May. 28, 2020

Surgical system communication pathways

Applicant:

Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;

Inventors:

Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);

Daniel J. Mumaw, Liberty Township, OH (US);

Chad E. Eckert, Terrace Park, OH (US);

Kevin M. Fiebig, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Taylor W. Aronhalt, Loveland, OH (US);

Assignee:

Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Khadijeh A Vahdat

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/1442 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 90/08 (2016.02); A61B 90/36 (2016.02); G06F 16/9017 (2019.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00613 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00684 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00696 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00994 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1253 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 18/16 (2013.01); A61B 2218/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

A surgical system comprising a surgical hub, a surgical instrument, a generator configured to energize an end effector; and a smoke evacuation system configured to remove smoke from a surgical site is disclosed. The surgical instrument comprises the end effector. A control command is passed directly from the surgical hub to the surgical instrument. The surgical instrument is configured to pass the control command received from the surgical hub to the generator and the smoke evacuation system in a daisy-chain manner.

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