Patent ID: 11882217
Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  A  G | IPC A  H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:
prior to coupling a surgical tool to a surgical system, receive, from a remote computing system, a first device key that is specific to the surgical tool;
store the first device key specific to the surgical tool coupled to the surgical system;
receive, via a communication device of the computing system and from the surgical tool, an authentication message encrypted with a second device key;
authenticate the surgical tool based on decrypting the authentication message with the first device key;
receive, via the communication device of the computing system and from the surgical tool, tool data comprising an identifier of the surgical tool;
determine a status result based on the identifier and a status list, the status list comprising identifiers and use locations for a plurality of surgical tools;
perform an action using the surgical system; and
provide information about the status result to the remote computing system.