US 12,064,161 B2
System and apparatus for automatic activation using radio frequency sensor
Ioan Cosmescu, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to I.C. Medical, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by I.C. Medical, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/050,418.
Application 18/050,418 is a continuation of application No. 16/415,831, filed on May 17, 2019, granted, now 11,564,730.
Application 16/415,831 is a continuation of application No. 14/791,015, filed on Jul. 2, 2015, granted, now 10,390,875, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/020,016, filed on Jul. 2, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0074557 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1206 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00779 (2013.01); A61B 18/12 (2013.01); A61B 2218/008 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. A system for automatic smoke evacuation comprising:
a surgical instrument capable of producing a radiofrequency during its operation;
a smoke evacuation unit capable of evacuating at least one of smoke and debris through a smoke evacuation channel; and
a wireless radiofrequency sensor and transmitter device that is both separate from and not connected to the smoke evacuation unit and separate from and not contained within the surgical instrument which is capable of receiving a transmitter device signal from the surgical instrument and transmitting a signal to a radiofrequency receiver that is connected to, or incorporated within, the smoke evacuation unit, wherein the wireless radiofrequency sensor and transmitter device comprises a plurality of radiofrequency sensor components, which include an optocoupler that is in direct sequence with a relay, and a plurality of radiofrequency transmitter components, which include a microcontroller and a radio transmitter capable of sending the transmitter device signal to the radiofrequency receiver.