Patent ID: 8784415
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A powered surgical tool, said tool including: a body; terminal components attached to said body for releasably receiving a cable and to which an AC power signal from the cable is applied for actuating said tool; a power applicator attached to said body designed for application to tissue to perform a therapeutic or diagnostic task upon the application of the AC power signal to said terminal components; and a memory attached to said body, said memory storing data describing characteristics of the power signal applied to said tool, said memory configured to, in response to an AC interrogation signal, write out the data stored in said memory; and an isolation circuit connected between said memory and at least one said terminal component to which the power signal is applied, said isolation circuit configured to: wherein, said memory and said isolation circuit are collectively configured so that said memory writes out the data stored therein over said isolation circuit through said at least one terminal component to which the power signal is applied.