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Patent No.:

US 9226766 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013

Serial communication protocol for medical device

Applicant:

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Lebanon, OH (US);

John K. Moriarty, Chalfont, PA (US);

Stephen T. Janesch, Greensboro, NC (US);

Matthew R. Drzewiecki, Green Bay, WI (US);

Ryan J. Thompson, Neenah, WI (US);

Assignee:

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Robert Pascal

Assistant Examiner:

Richard Tan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 7/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); H04L 25/49 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); H03C 3/40 (2006.01); H04L 27/04 (2006.01); H03K 7/08 (2006.01); H03K 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 18/04 (2013.01); H03K 7/10 (2013.01); H04L 25/4902 (2013.01); H04L 25/4917 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0019 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00185 (2013.01); H03C 3/40 (2013.01); H03K 7/02 (2013.01); H03K 7/08 (2013.01); H04L 27/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a circuit configured to transmit a signal as a serial protocol over a pair of electrical conductors. The serial protocol is defined as a series of pulses distributed over at least one transmission frame. At least one pulse in the transmission frame is simultaneously encoded by modulating an amplitude of the pulse to represent one of two first logic states and modulating a width of the pulse to represent one of two second logic states. An instrument and a generator also are disclosed.

Published as:
CA2869940A1; WO2013154924A1; US2013285758A1; AU2013246236A1; KR20150003293A; CN104349732A; EP2836145A1; JP2015515331A; MX2014012241A; US9226766B2; RU2014145018A; BR112014025086A2; CN104349732B; AU2013246236B2; MX359703B; JP6495162B2; EP2836145B1; KR102133698B1; BR112014025086B1;

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