Method for powering a surgical instrument
First Claim
1. A method for powering an electrosurgical instrument, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting a removable battery assembly into an electrosurgical instrument, the removable battery assembly including;
a power control circuit powered by at least one energy storage cell;
a radio-frequency-signal-generation assembly communicatively coupled to the power control circuit and operable to selectively produce a radio-frequency signal; and
a battery assembly/instrument interface operably coupled to the radio-frequency-signal-generation assembly, the battery assembly/instrument interface including a first plurality of connectors removably connectable with at least one corresponding connector coupled to the electrosurgical instrument, at least one of the first plurality of connectors being operable to supply the radio-frequency signal to the electrosurgical instrument; and
activating the power control circuit to power the electrosurgical instrument.
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Abstract
A method for powering an electrosurgical instrument includes the steps of inserting a removable battery assembly into an electrosurgical instrument and activating the power control circuit to power the electrosurgical instrument. The removable battery assembly includes a power control circuit powered by at least one energy storage cell, a radio-frequency-signal-generation assembly communicatively coupled to the power control circuit and operable to selectively produce a radio-frequency signal, and a battery assembly/instrument interface operably coupled to the radio-frequency-signal-generation assembly. The battery assembly/instrument interface includes a first plurality of connectors removably connectable with at least one corresponding connector coupled to the electrosurgical instrument, at least one of the first plurality of connectors being operable to supply the radio-frequency signal to the electrosurgical instrument.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for powering an electrosurgical instrument, the method comprising the steps of:
inserting a removable battery assembly into an electrosurgical instrument, the removable battery assembly including; a power control circuit powered by at least one energy storage cell; a radio-frequency-signal-generation assembly communicatively coupled to the power control circuit and operable to selectively produce a radio-frequency signal; and a battery assembly/instrument interface operably coupled to the radio-frequency-signal-generation assembly, the battery assembly/instrument interface including a first plurality of connectors removably connectable with at least one corresponding connector coupled to the electrosurgical instrument, at least one of the first plurality of connectors being operable to supply the radio-frequency signal to the electrosurgical instrument; and
activating the power control circuit to power the electrosurgical instrument.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for powering a surgical instrument, the method comprising:
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inserting a removable battery assembly into a cautery and cutting electrosurgical instrument, the battery assembly including; at least one energy storage cell; a power control circuit powered by the at least one energy storage cell; a radio-frequency-signal-generation assembly communicatively coupled to the power control circuit and operable to produce an output radio-frequency signal; a battery assembly/instrument interface coupled to the radio-frequency-signal-generation assembly and having a plurality of connectors removably connectable with a plurality of corresponding connectors within the cautery and cutting electrosurgical instrument, at least one of the plurality of connectors being operable to supply the output radio-frequency signal to the cautery and cutting electrosurgical instrument; detecting, with the battery assembly, a connection between the battery assembly/instrument interface and the cautery and cutting electrosurgical instrument; and selectively providing at the battery assembly/instrument interface the output radio-frequency signal in response to detecting the connection. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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