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

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
prior to coupling a surgical tool to a surgical system, receiving, from a remote computing system and at a computing device of the surgical system, a first device key that is specific to the surgical tool;
storing, in a memory of the computing device of the surgical system, the first device key specific to the surgical tool coupled to the surgical system;
receiving, via a communication device of the computing device and from the surgical tool, an authentication message encrypted with a second device key specific to the surgical tool;
authenticating the surgical tool based on the authentication message by decrypting the authentication message with the first device key;
receiving, via the communication device of the computing device and from the surgical tool, tool data comprising an identifier of the surgical tool;
determining 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;
performing an action using the surgical system based on the status result; and
providing information about the status result to the remote computing system.