Patent ID: 11871982
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 0:
1. A control circuit configured to receive a control signal from a surgical generator, the control signal defining a first phase and a second phase, the control circuit comprising:
a resistor; and
a switch network, wherein at least one switch of the switch network is electrically coupled across the resistor, wherein the switch network is configured to transition between a plurality of states corresponding to a plurality of operational modes of a surgical instrument;
wherein, in the first phase of the control signal, the control circuit is configured to communicate surgical instrument information to the surgical generator;
wherein, in the second phase of the control signal and when the at least one switch of the switch network is in a first state of the plurality of states, the control circuit is configured to provide an output corresponding to one of the plurality of states of the control circuit; and
wherein, in the second phase of the control signal and when the at least one switch of the switch network is in a second state of the plurality of states, the control circuit is configured to provide a second output.