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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2021
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Brendan J. Oberkircher, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cory G. Kimball, Hamilton, OH (US);
Matthew S. Corbin, Placentia, CA (US);
Monica L. Z. Rivard, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Joshua P. Morgan, Loveland, OH (US);
Daniel C. Herman, Maineville, OH (US);
Joshua M. Henderson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Andrew W. Carroll, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eitan T. Wiener, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Lebanon, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
Various methods are disclosed. One method includes reading an RFID card that is associated with a surgical instrument when the RFID card is located proximal to an RFID reader and initiating a wireless pairing process with the surgical instrument by the header module. Another method includes receiving an accessory at an accessory port of a modular energy system, communicating via a flexible serial communication interface coupled between a processor and the accessory port, the flexible serial communication interface configured to support multiple communication protocols, and detecting, by a presence detection circuit coupled between the accessory port and the processor, presence of the accessory connected to the accessory port. Other methods include a flexible serial bus power configuration method for a modular energy system and a remote power control interface method for a modular energy system.