US 12,144,136 B2
Modular surgical energy system with module positional awareness with digital logic
Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Lebanon, OH (US); and Andrew W. Carroll, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/562,243.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,584, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,588, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,592, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/728,480, filed on Sep. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0078120 A1, Mar. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. H05K 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/023 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00225 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular surgical system for use in a surgical procedure, the modular surgical system comprising:
a header module;
a first surgical module;
a second surgical module, wherein the first surgical module is arrangeable in a stack configuration with the header module and the second surgical module; and
a positional awareness circuit extending from the header module to the second surgical module through the first surgical module based on the header module, the first surgical module, and the second surgical module being arranged in the stack configuration, wherein the positional awareness circuit comprises:
a first backplane connector configured to detachably connect the header module to the first surgical module, wherein the first backplane connector is configured to yield a first bit pattern identifying the first surgical module in the stack configuration; and
a second backplane connector configured to detachably connect the first surgical module to the second surgical module, wherein the second backplane connector is configured to yield a second bit pattern identifying the second surgical module in the stack configuration, and wherein the first bit pattern is different than the second bit pattern.