Patent ID: 7540871

Claim:
An integrated three-port receptacle for alternatively electrically connecting a three-prong electrical connector of a finger-switched electrosurgical accessory and a single-prong electrical connector of a foot-switched electrosurgical accessory to an electrosurgical generator, the three-prong electrical connector having two control prongs and a single energy-conducting prong for conducting electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical generator to the finger-switched electrosurgical accessory, the single-prong electrical connector having a single energy-conducting prong for conducting electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical generator to the foot-switched electrosurgical accessory, the receptacle comprising: a first control port for receiving and electrically connecting to one of the control prongs of the three-prong electrical connector when inserted in the first control port; a second control port for receiving and electrically connecting the other one of the control prongs of the three-prong electrical connector when inserted in the second control port; an energy-delivery port for receiving the energy-conducting prong of the single-prong electrical connector when inserted in the energy-delivery port and for receiving the energy-conducting prong of the three-prong electrical connector when the energy-conducting prong and the two control prongs of the three-prong electrical connector are received in the energy-delivery and first and second control ports, respectively; and an electrical contact positioned relative to the energy-delivery port for electrically contacting the energy-conducting prong of the three-prong electrical connector and the energy-conducting prong of the single-prong electrical connector when either energy-conducting prong is received in the energy-delivery port, the electrical contact conducting the electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical generator to the energy-conducting prong received in the energy-delivery port.