Patent ID: 11871953
Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A method of operating a system for providing an AC drive signal to an ultrasonic surgical handpiece to vibrate a tip of the ultrasonic surgical handpiece, the system comprising the ultrasonic surgical handpiece, a control console, and an adapter, the method comprising steps of:
inserting a connector of the adapter into a receptacle of the control console, the connector being configured to receive the AC drive signal from the control console when the connector is coupled to the control console;
receiving in a receptacle of the adapter a connector of the ultrasonic surgical handpiece, the receptacle configured to provide the AC drive signal to the ultrasonic surgical handpiece to vibrate the tip of the ultrasonic surgical handpiece;
transmitting, by a radio-frequency identification device of the adapter that is coupled to the connector of the adapter and a memory, data stored in the memory that indicates a maximum and minimum frequency for driving the ultrasonic surgical handpiece from the memory to the control console through the connector of the adapter using an RFID protocol;
receiving, by the adapter, the AC drive signal from the control console via the connector of the adapter; and
providing, by the adapter, the AC drive signal to the ultrasonic surgical handpiece to vibrate the tip of the ultrasonic surgical handpiece.