US 12,082,278 B2
Systems and methods for remotely controlling a surgical instrument of console-based surgical systems
Tirup Vishnubhai Patel, Portage, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/056,232.
Application 18/056,232 is a continuation of application No. 16/967,954, granted, now 11,533,764, previously published as PCT/US2019/021128, filed on Mar. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/640,774, filed on Mar. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0074846 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 76/00 (2018.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); H04W 12/037 (2021.01); H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/14 (2018.02) [A61B 17/00 (2013.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); H04W 12/037 (2021.01); H04W 12/50 (2021.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical system comprising:
a foot-operable control device configured to communicate with a surgical console to remotely control a surgical device, the foot-operable control device comprising a first communication device, a housing, and a radio frequency (RF) reader, wherein the RF reader is integrated within the housing; and
a dongle configured to physically couple to a connection port of the surgical console and comprising a second communication device and an RF device, wherein the dongle is configured to be powered through the connection port of the surgical console;
wherein the RF reader of the foot-operable control device is configured to receive pairing information from the RF device of the dongle in response to the RF device being within a threshold proximity of the RF reader; and
wherein the first and second communication devices are configured to wirelessly connect based on the pairing information to thereby enable the foot-operable control device to wirelessly communicate with the surgical console to remotely control the surgical device.