Adapter and methods for coupling a surgical handpiece to a control console
Inventors
Downey, Adam D. • Wroblewski, Jason J.
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-12426911-B2
Publication Date
2025-09-30
Expiration Date
Abstract
An adapter configured to receive a drive signal from a control console and to provide the drive signal to an ultrasonic surgical handpiece. The adapter includes a receptacle for receiving the ultrasonic surgical handpiece and providing the drive signal to the ultrasonic surgical handpiece. The adapter includes a module for detecting a presence of the ultrasonic surgical handpiece and a connector to be inserted into a receptacle of the control console to receive the drive signal from the control console. The adapter includes a radio-frequency identification device coupled to the connector and to a memory storing a maximum and minimum frequency for driving the ultrasonic surgical handpiece. The radio-frequency identification device transmits the maximum and minimum frequency from the memory to the control console via the connector using an RFID protocol in response to the module detecting the presence of the ultrasonic surgical handpiece.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to an adapter configured to receive a drive signal from a control console and provide the drive signal to a surgical handpiece to operate the surgical handpiece. The adapter includes a receptacle configured to receive a connector of the surgical handpiece and a connector configured to be inserted into a receptacle of the control console so that the connector receives the drive signal from the control console when coupled.
A radio-frequency identification device is coupled to the connector of the adapter and is coupled to a memory storing data indicating a drive signal characteristic for the surgical handpiece. The radio-frequency identification device transmits the drive signal characteristic data from the memory to the control console through the connector of the adapter using an RFID protocol, and the control console generates the drive signal based on the received drive-signal characteristic data.
The invention also includes detecting presence, and optionally identity, of the surgical handpiece using a module that detects presence by an open circuit receiving an electrical component of the surgical handpiece. In response to the detection, the RFID emulator transmits stored drive-signal characteristics and associated operational or identification data to the control console through the connector using an RFID protocol.
Claims Coverage
The document provides two independent claim types, an apparatus adapter claim and a method of operating a system. Across these independent claims, the central inventive content includes an RFID device coupled to a memory storing drive-signal characteristic data, transmitting that data to the control console via an adapter connector using an RFID protocol, and an adapter that receives and provides the drive signal to a surgical handpiece.
Rfid device coupled to memory storing drive signal characteristic data
A radio-frequency identification device coupled to a memory storing data indicating a drive signal characteristic for the surgical handpiece.
Rfid protocol transmission of drive signal characteristic data to the control console
The radio-frequency identification device transmits the drive signal characteristic data from the memory to the control console through the connector of the adapter using an RFID protocol.
Adapter connector and receptacle for receiving drive signal and providing to the surgical handpiece
A receptacle configured to receive a connector of the surgical handpiece and provide the drive signal to the surgical handpiece to operate the surgical handpiece, and a connector configured to be inserted into a receptacle of the control console to receive the drive signal when coupled.
Method inserting adapter connector, receiving handpiece connector, and transmitting rfid data
Inserting a connector of the adapter into a receptacle of the control console; receiving in a receptacle of the adapter a connector of the surgical handpiece; transmitting, by a radio-frequency identification device of the adapter that is coupled to the connector of the adapter and a memory, data stored in the memory that indicates a drive signal characteristic for the surgical handpiece to the control console through the connector of the adapter using an RFID protocol.
Method receiving drive signal and providing drive signal to operate the surgical handpiece
Receiving, by the adapter, the drive signal from the control console via the connector of the adapter; and providing, by the adapter, the drive signal to the surgical handpiece to operate the surgical handpiece.
Overall, claim coverage is anchored on an adapter that relays the control-console drive signal to the surgical handpiece and incorporates an RFID device that reads drive-signal characteristic data from memory and transmits that data to the control console using an RFID protocol. In dependent refinements referenced in the document, the timing and content of transmission are tied to presence and optionally identity detection using an open circuit, and the drive signal generation is performed at the control console based on the received drive-signal characteristic data.
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