A surgical utility connector configured to connect a surgical implement to a surgical supplying device, the surgical utility connector comprising: a first connecting surface provided on a first circular step and a second connecting surface provided on a second circular step; a first utility channel extending through the first step and a second utility channel extending through the second step; a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag embedded in the surgical utility connector with information identifying the surgical utility connector; wherein the first and second steps (310, 312) on the utility connector are configured to mate with complementary receiving recesses on an opposing utility port of the surgical supplying device to form a connection between the surgical implement and the surgical supplying device; wherein the second step protrudes further into the utility port than the first step when the utility connector and the utility port are connected; wherein the first step comprises a first seal disposed on a side wall of the first step and the second step comprises a second seal disposed on a side wall of the second step; wherein a first utility tube and a second utility tube couple the surgical implement to the surgical utility connector; and wherein the surgical utility connector comprises a first tubing interface configured to connect the first utility tube to the first utility channel and a second tubing interface configured to connect the second utility tube to the second utility channel; wherein the surgical implement is a vitrectomy probe. a first connecting surface provided on a first circular step and a second connecting surface provided on a second circular step; a first utility channel extending through the first step and a second utility channel extending through the second step; a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag embedded in the surgical utility connector with information identifying the surgical utility connector; wherein the first and second steps (310, 312) on the utility connector are configured to mate with complementary receiving recesses on an opposing utility port of the surgical supplying device to form a connection between the surgical implement and the surgical supplying device; wherein the second step protrudes further into the utility port than the first step when the utility connector and the utility port are connected; wherein the first and second steps (310, 312) on the utility connector are configured to mate with complementary receiving recesses on an opposing utility port of the surgical supplying device to form a connection between the surgical implement and the surgical supplying device; wherein the second step protrudes further into the utility port than the first step when the utility connector and the utility port are connected; wherein the first step comprises a first seal disposed on a side wall of the first step and the second step comprises a second seal disposed on a side wall of the second step; wherein a first utility tube and a second utility tube couple the surgical implement to the surgical utility connector; and wherein the surgical utility connector comprises a first tubing interface configured to connect the first utility tube to the first utility channel and a second tubing interface configured to connect the second utility tube to the second utility channel; wherein the surgical implement is a vitrectomy probe. wherein a first utility tube and a second utility tube couple the surgical implement to the surgical utility connector; and wherein the surgical utility connector comprises a first tubing interface configured to connect the first utility tube to the first utility channel and a second tubing interface configured to connect the second utility tube to the second utility channel; wherein the surgical implement is a vitrectomy probe.