Surgical systems with multiple RFID tags
A surgical instrument is disclosed including a housing assembly, a shaft assembly coupled to the housing assembly, at least one radio-frequency identification scanner configured to receive information from radio-frequency identification tags which correspond to components which are couplable to the surgical instrument, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to determine, for each component, authenticity of the component based on the information received from the radio-frequency identification tags.
1. A surgical instrument, comprising:
a housing assembly;
a shaft assembly coupled to the housing assembly;
at least one radio-frequency identification scanner configured to receive information from radio-frequency identification tags which correspond to components which are couplable to the surgical instrument; and
a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to determine, for each component, authenticity of the component based on the information received from the radio-frequency identification tags,
wherein the information comprises:
a first identification information of a first component of the components; and
a second identification information of a second component of the components, wherein the at least one radio-frequency identification scanner is configured to receive a third identification information from a radio-frequency identification tag of a packaging of the first component, and wherein the third identification information is encrypted.
2. The surgical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is configured to:
decrypt the third identification information; and
determine authenticity of the first component and the second component by comparing the first identification information and the second identification information to the decrypted third identification information.
3. The surgical instrument of claim 2 , wherein the control circuit employs a private key to decrypt the third identification information.
4. The surgical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the components comprise:
a battery;
an anvil; and
a staple cartridge.
5. The surgical instrument of claim 4 , wherein the housing assembly is configured to receive the battery.
6. The surgical instrument of claim 4 , wherein the surgical instrument is configured to receive the staple cartridge.
7. The surgical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit comprises:
a processor electrically connected to the at least one radio-frequency identification scanner; and
a memory electrically connected to the processor.
8. The surgical instrument of claim 7 , wherein the memory stores at least one of the following:
an authentication database;
a compatibility database; and
a lookup table.
9. The surgical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to electronically lockout operation of the surgical instrument based on a determination of a lack of authenticity for any one of the components.
10. The surgical instrument of claim 9 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to override the lockout of the surgical instrument based on a temporary override token received from a server.
11. The surgical instrument of claim 10 , wherein the temporary override token is based on at least one of the following:
a quick response code associated with any one of the components; and
a product code associated with any one of the components.
12. The surgical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to determine, for each component, whether the component is compatible with the surgical instrument based on the information received from the radio-frequency identification tags.
13. The surgical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to determine whether one of the components is compatible with another one of the components based on the information received from the radio-frequency identification tags.
14. The surgical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to override a lockout of the surgical instrument based on a temporary override token received from a server.
15. A surgical assembly, comprising:
a surgical instrument comprising a first identification information;
a battery pack couplable to the surgical instrument, wherein the battery pack is configured to transmit energy to the surgical instrument in an assembled configuration with the surgical instrument, and wherein the battery pack comprises a battery RFID tag storing a second identification information; and
a control circuit configured to:
receive input indicative of an encrypted third identification information stored in an RFID tag of a packaging of the surgical instrument;
decrypt the third identification information; and
determine authenticity of the surgical instrument and the battery pack by comparing the first identification information and the second identification information to the decrypted third identification information.
16. The surgical assembly of claim 15 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to determine compatibility of the battery pack with the surgical instrument based on the first identification information and the second identification information.
17. The surgical assembly of claim 15 , wherein the control circuit comprises:
a processor; and
a memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores at least one of the following:
a compatibility database; and
a lookup table.
18. A surgical assembly, comprising:
a surgical instrument component comprising an RFID tag storing a first identification information of the surgical instrument component; and
a surgical instrument, wherein the surgical instrument component is releasably couplable to the surgical instrument between an assembled configuration and an unassembled configuration, the surgical instrument comprising:
an RFID scanner configured to read the first identification information; and
a control circuit coupled to the RFID scanner, wherein the control circuit is configured to:
detect incompatibility of the surgical instrument component with the surgical instrument based on the first identification information;
retrieve a second identification information of the surgical instrument component;
retrieve a temporary override token based on the second identification information; and
employ the temporary override token to bypass the incompatibility detection.
19. The surgical assembly of claim 18 , wherein the second identification information is a serial number of the surgical instrument component.
20. The surgical assembly of claim 18 , wherein a QR code comprises the second identification information.
21. A surgical instrument, comprising:
at least one radio-frequency identification scanner configured to receive information from radio-frequency identification tags which correspond to components couplable to the surgical instrument; and
a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to:
receive a first identification information of a first component of the components;
receive a second identification information of a second component of the components;
receive a third identification information, wherein the third identification information originated from a packaging of the first component; and
determine authenticity of the first component and the second component by comparing the first identification information and the second identification information to the third identification information.
22. A surgical instrument, comprising:
at least one radio-frequency identification scanner configured to receive information from radio-frequency identification tags which correspond to components couplable to the surgical instrument; and
a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to:
receive a first identification information of a first component of the components;
receive a second identification information of a second component of the components; and
determine compatibility of the first and second components based on the first identification information and the second identification information.
23. A surgical instrument, comprising:
at least one radio-frequency identification scanner configured to receive information from radio-frequency identification tags which correspond to components which are couplable to the surgical instrument;
a memory that stores first identification information of the surgical instrument;
a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the memory further stores one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive a second identification information of a surgical component of the components; and
determine compatibility of the surgical instrument and surgical component based on the first identification information and the second identification information.