Patent ID: 11871980
Assignee: MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. An electrosurgical unit suitable for coupling to an electrosurgical device and an accessory charging circuit in an electrosurgical system, the electrosurgical unit comprising:
bipolar circuitry disposed within a housing of the electrosurgical unit to provide a bipolar energy signal and a bipolar RF energy signal, the bipolar RF energy signal to provide a treatment to tissue and the bipolar energy signal below an RF range relative to the bipolar RF energy signal;
a bipolar output receptacle disposed on the housing of the electrosurgical unit and operably coupled to the bipolar circuitry to output the bipolar energy signal and the bipolar RF energy signal from the electrosurgical unit, the bipolar output receptacle suitable for mechanically coupling to the electrosurgical device and the accessory charging circuit via a pair of electrical conductors, the electrosurgical device and the accessory charging circuit in electrical parallel to the bipolar circuitry; and
logic circuitry disposed within the housing of the electrosurgical unit and operably coupled to the bipolar circuitry to selectively output one of the bipolar energy signal and the bipolar RF energy signal to the bipolar output receptacle including to selectively output the bipolar RF energy signal in response to an activation signal based on the electrosurgical device is activated.