US 12,082,982 B2
Enabling secure data exchange between a robotic surgical system and surgical tools via near field communication (NFC)
Mufaddal Jhaveri, Fremont, CA (US); Robert Abad, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Jan Bosteels, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Verb Surgical Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Verb Surgical Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/731,160.
Application 17/731,160 is a continuation of application No. 16/792,705, filed on Feb. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,357,597.
Prior Publication US 2022/0249198 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 90/98 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/98 (2016.02) [A61B 34/30 (2016.02); G06K 7/10297 (2013.01); G06K 19/0705 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00725 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
detecting a coupling of a surgical tool onto a robotic arm of a robotic surgical system;
establishing a near-field communication (NFC) link between a first NFC module embedded in the robotic arm and a second NFC module embedded in the surgical tool;
determining whether the surgical tool is authenticated to the robotic surgical system via the NFC link;
in response to determining the surgical tool is authenticated, establishing secure data exchange between the robotic surgical system and the surgical tool via the NFC link; and
requesting and receiving tool information from the surgical tool via the NFC link, then processing the tool information to identify the surgical tool for use in a present surgical procedure, and then searching a log file to determine whether the surgical tool has been previously used in the system during the present surgical procedure,
and if determining the surgical tool has been previously used during the present surgical procedure then retrieving tool calibration data from a cache of the system, and then using the tool calibration data to initialize the surgical tool for use in the system during the present surgical procedure.