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ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEM

  • US 20100305563A1
  • Filed: 05/21/2010
  • Published: 12/02/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An electrosurgical system including a first component and a second component detachably connected one to the other, the first component being provided with a socket including a plurality of contacts, and the second component being provided with a plug including one or more pins, the arrangement being such that when the plug is received within the socket the one or more pins make electrical contact with a particular combination of the plurality of contacts, the electrosurgical system being provided with means for identifying the second component by determining the combination of contacts in which the one or more pins are in electrical contact, wherein the plug includes at least one pin provided with different longitudinal portions, wherein each longitudinal portion along the pin is either provided with a first condition such that it makes electrical contact with its respective contact within the socket, or a second condition such that it does not make electrical contact with its respective contact within the socket, and wherein the first and second conditions are constituted by a different dimension for the longitudinal portions.

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