ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEM, ELECTROSURGICAL CONTROL UNIT, ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT, AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEM

An electrosurgical system is presented, comprising: an electrosurgical control unit (10), at least one electrosurgical instrument (11, 12) connectable to the electrosurgical control unit (10), wherein the at least one electrosurgical instrument (11, 12) comprises a first memory element (30, 31) on w...

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Zusammenfassung:An electrosurgical system is presented, comprising: an electrosurgical control unit (10), at least one electrosurgical instrument (11, 12) connectable to the electrosurgical control unit (10), wherein the at least one electrosurgical instrument (11, 12) comprises a first memory element (30, 31) on which data characterizing the electrosurgical instrument (11, 12) is or can be stored, the at least one electrosurgical instrument (11, 12) is configured after being connected to the electrosurgical control unit (10), to transmit the data characterizing the electrosurgical instrument (11, 12) at least in part as first data to the electrosurgical control unit (10), and the electrosurgical control unit (10) is configured to determine allowable operating parameters of the electrosurgical instrument (11, 12) on the basis of the first data transmitted by the electrosurgical instrument (11, 12).The electrosurgical system is characterized in that data authenticating the electrosurgical instrument (11, 12) is stored or can be stored on the first memory element (30, 31) or a second memory element (40, 41) of the electrosurgical instrument (11, 12), the electrosurgical control unit (10) is configured to transmit second data to the electrosurgical instrument (11, 12) after being connected to the electrosurgical instrument (11, 12), the at least one electrosurgical instrument (11, 12) is configured to transmit third data derived from the second data transmitted by the electrosurgical control unit (10) and the data authenticating the electrosurgical instrument (11, 12) to the electrosurgical control unit (10), and the electrosurgical control unit (10) is configured to determine an allowable range of functions for the electrosurgical instrument (11, 12) on the basis of the third data transmitted by the electrosurgical instrument (11, 12).