Patent ID: 9463061
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A control console for providing power signals to a powered surgical tool, said console including: a power supply configured to source power signals having variable characteristics; terminals to which the power signals are received from said power supply and through which the power signals are applied to the surgical tool; a memory reader configured to receive data signals from a memory associated with the surgical tool, the data describing characteristics of the power signals to be sourced to the surgical tool; an isolation circuit located between at least one said terminal to which the power signals are received from said power supply and said memory reader, wherein said isolation circuit is configured to: a controller that receives from said memory reader the data read from the tool memory and that is connected to said power supply and that, based on the data from the memory associated with the surgical tool, regulates the characteristics of the power signals sourced by said power supply.