US 11,871,953 B2
Adapter and methods for coupling an ultrasonic surgical handpiece to a control console
Adam D. Downey, Kalamazoo, MI (US); and Jason J. Wroblewski, Portage, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/863,372.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/840,786, filed on Apr. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0345388 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/320068 (2013.01) [A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00402 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00486 (2013.01); A61B 2017/32007 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320084 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter configured to receive an AC drive signal from a control console and to provide the AC drive signal to an ultrasonic surgical handpiece to vibrate a tip of the ultrasonic surgical handpiece, the adapter comprising:
a receptacle configured to receive a connector of the ultrasonic surgical handpiece and provide the AC drive signal to the ultrasonic surgical handpiece to vibrate the tip of the ultrasonic surgical handpiece;
a connector configured to be inserted into a receptacle of the control console, wherein the connector of the adapter is configured to receive the AC drive signal from the control console when the connector of the adapter is coupled to the control console; and
a radio-frequency identification device coupled to the connector of the adapter, wherein the radio-frequency identification device is coupled to a memory storing data indicating a maximum and minimum frequency for driving the ultrasonic surgical handpiece, the radio-frequency identification device being configured to transmit the maximum and minimum frequency data from the memory to the control console through the connector of the adapter using an RFID protocol.