Patent ID: 8603083
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical router for connecting a plurality of surgical devices thereto, the surgical devices including a paired electrode device having a pair of opposed clampable jaws with at least a first pair of opposed electrodes and a second pair of opposed electrodes on the jaws for clamping and cauterizing tissue therebetween, the surgical router comprising: a) an energy source operable to power the plurality of surgical devices; b) an interface port operably connected to the energy source, comprising a paired electrode device interface port for the connection of the paired electrode device thereto; and c) a switching device operably connected between the energy source and the paired electrode interface port, wherein when the paired electrode device is operably connected to the paired electrode interface port, the switching device alternates energy from the first pair of opposed electrodes to the second pair of opposed electrodes at a switching frequency that is a function of the RF energy power level with respect to an impedance of the tissue clamped between each pair of opposed electrodes.