US 11,986,234 B2
Surgical system communication pathways
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US); Daniel J. Mumaw, Liberty Township, OH (US); Chad E. Eckert, Terrace Park, OH (US); Kevin M. Fiebig, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Taylor W. Aronhalt, Loveland, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on May 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/885,931.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,299, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0196344 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1445 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/1442 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 90/08 (2016.02); A61B 90/36 (2016.02); G06F 16/9017 (2019.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00613 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00684 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00696 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00994 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1253 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 18/16 (2013.01); A61B 2218/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical system, comprising:
a surgical hub comprising a hub processor configured to provide a first signal;
a surgical instrument comprising an end effector, a sensor, and an instrument processor, wherein the instrument processor is to receive, from the surgical hub, the first signal;
an electrosurgical generator comprising a generator processor, wherein the electrosurgical generator is configured to energize the end effector, wherein the instrument processor is configured to communicate, to the electrosurgical generator, a second signal; and
a smoke evacuation system configured to remove smoke from a surgical site, wherein the generator processor is configured to communicate, to the smoke evacuation system, a third signal; wherein the surgical hub, the surgical instrument, the electrosurgical generator, and the smoke evacuator system are configured to communicate in a daisy-chain manner.