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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2021
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Daniel C. Herman, Maineville, OH (US);
Joshua P. Morgan, Loveland, OH (US);
Andrew W. Carroll, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jonathan T. Samuel, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Joshua M. Henderson, Montgomery, OH (US);
James M. Vachon, West Chester, OH (US);
Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Lebanon, OH (US);
Eitan T. Wiener, Loveland, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A modular energy system for use in a surgical environment includes a plurality of functional modules including at least an initial module, a functional module, and a terminal module. Each of the plurality of modules has a module control circuit, and a local data bus. An internal data bus is composed of a serial array of the local data busses of the modules. The local data bus may includes a communication switch, a first switch data path between the communication switch and the module control circuit, a second switch data path in communication with the communication switch, and a third switch data path in communication with the communication switch. The third switch data path of a module N is in communication with a second switch data path of a module N+1. The system further includes a termination unit in communication with the third data path of the terminal module.