INDUCTIVE POWERED SURGICAL DEVICE WITH WIRELESS CONTROL
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Abstract
A system and method for wirelessly powering an electrosurgical device using a generator to generate a radio frequency (RF) energy field. A switch on the electrosurgical device sends a wireless signal to the generator, where the generator allows a current to pass through an inductive coil to generate the RF energy field. The RF energy field induces a current to flow across an inductive coil within the electrosurgical device. The current flow is then processed through a RF conditioning circuit and outputted to the end effector assembly of the device.
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16 Claims
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1-9. -9. (canceled)
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10. A system for wirelessly operating a hand held electrosurgical device, comprising:
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a generator configured with a power source and a first inductor to generate a RF energy field, the hand held electrosurgical device configured with a second inductor, a power board, a wireless communication board, a control interface, and an end effector assembly; at least one switch operatively associated with the control interface and configured to send a first message to the wireless communication board when the at least one switch is selected, the wireless communication board, in response to receiving the first message from the control interface, configured to send a second message to the generator instructing the generator to generate the RF energy field, and wherein upon reception of the RF energy field from the second inductor, the RF energy field induces a current across the second inductor, the power board sends a RF signal to the end effector. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16-20. -20. (canceled)
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