Patent ID: 8439939
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: A61B,A61N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for powering surgical instruments, the method comprising: removably inserting a cordless battery assembly into a handle of one of a set of cordless, electrically powered ultrasonic surgical instruments, the instruments having handles with a battery chamber and operable to be coupled to different ultrasonic waveguide types, the cordless battery assembly comprising: as the cordless battery assembly is removably inserted into the handle, coupling at least one of the plurality of connectors of the battery/handle interface with at least one of the connectors within the battery chamber to: detecting the waveguide type of the ultrasonic waveguide coupled to the handle with the voltage-control circuit; and dependent upon the detected waveguide type, providing at the battery/handle interface one of: