Electrically self-powered surgical instrument with cryptographic identification of interchangeable part

A surgical instrument that comprises a surgical end effector, a handle that is connected to the surgical end effector and has a controller, and an interchangeable part removably connected to the surgical end effector and having an encryption device in electrical communication with the controller. Th...

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Hauptverfasser: Smith, Kevin W, Palmer, Matthew A, Deville, Derek Dee, Bales, Jr., Thomas O, Rivera, Carlos
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A surgical instrument that comprises a surgical end effector, a handle that is connected to the surgical end effector and has a controller, and an interchangeable part removably connected to the surgical end effector and having an encryption device in electrical communication with the controller. The encryption device is programmed to authenticate the interchangeable part when the interchangeable part is at the surgical end effector.