Abstract: A configurable electrosurgical generator front panel. The configurable electrosurgical generator front panel has a front panel frame, a display screen or tablet computing device, and a plurality of connectors for connecting accessories to the front panel frame. The front panel in the front panel assembly provides a novel structure for inserting a screen or tablet device into the front panel frame and securing it in place.

Abstract: An implantable medical device includes a wire frame, a cover, and a sensor. The wire frame is formed of struts and openings. The cover connects to the struts of the wire frame. The cover is fashioned from a fabric including a PET fabric made of PET yarn and a ferromagnetic material combined with the PET fabric. The PET yarn is made from a plurality of PET fibers. The sensor is positioned on the cover and connected to the wire frame. The cover shields the sensor from detuning effects of the wire frame.

Abstract: A prosthetic valve includes a flexible frame disposed along and deformable about a frame axis. The frame includes a first end, a second end oppositely disposed from the first end, a plurality of post assemblies extending axially away from the first end, and a network of interconnected struts defining a plurality of cells. A circuit is disposed axially away from the frame and mounted on the plurality of post assemblies. The circuit includes an antenna coil secured to at least two post assemblies of the plurality of post assemblies, and a sensor in electrical communication with the antenna coil. The sensor is configured to sense a physical parameter and generate a signal representing the physical parameter.

Abstract: A prosthetic valve includes a flexible frame disposed along and deformable about a frame axis. The frame includes a first end, a second end oppositely disposed from the first end, and a network of interconnected struts defining a plurality of cells. A first circuit is mounted on the frame. The first circuit includes a first inductor coil attached to and tracing a first subset of the struts such that the first inductor coil outlines a first subset of the plurality of cells, and a first sensor in electrical communication with the first inductor coil. The first sensor is configured to sense a physical parameter and generate a signal representing the physical parameter.

Abstract: A configurable electrosurgical generator front panel. The configurable electrosurgical generator front panel has a front panel frame, a display screen or tablet computing device, and a plurality of connectors for connecting accessories to the front panel frame. The front panel in the front panel assembly provides a novel structure for inserting a screen or tablet device into the front panel frame and securing it in place.

Abstract: A configurable electrosurgical generator front panel. The configurable electrosurgical generator front panel has a front panel frame, a display screen or tablet computing device, and a plurality of connectors for connecting accessories to the front panel frame. The front panel in the front panel assembly provides a novel structure for inserting a screen or tablet device into the front panel frame and securing it in place.

Abstract: A configurable electrosurgical generator front panel. The configurable electrosurgical generator front panel has a front panel frame, a display screen or tablet computing device, and a plurality of connectors for connecting accessories to the front panel frame. The front panel in the front panel assembly provides a novel structure for inserting a screen or tablet device into the front panel frame and securing it in place.

Abstract: A method for authenticating an electrosurgical system accessory comprising initiating a surgical procedure through a user interface on an electrosurgical generator, automatically determining whether an electrosurgical accessory is plugged into a generator receptacle, activating an RFID reader connected to the generator in response to a determination that an accessory is plugged into a receptacle, transmitting through the RFID reader to an RFID tag in the accessory a privacy password, transmitting a unit identification code from the RFID tag to the generator, displaying a device type associated with the transmitted unit identification code, checking a status of the accessory, unlocking a tag memory management if the read status code indicates the accessory has not previously been used, reading encoded data from the tag memory, computing a device authentication code from tag memory encoded data, transmitting the computed authentication code to the tag, and enabling the accessory in response to a match.

Abstract: A method for authenticating an electrosurgical system accessory comprising initiating a surgical procedure through a user interface on an electrosurgical generator, automatically determining whether an electrosurgical accessory is plugged into a generator receptacle, activating an RFID reader connected to the generator in response to a determination that an accessory is plugged into a receptacle, transmitting through the RFID reader to an RFID tag in the accessory a privacy password, transmitting a unit identification code from the RFID tag to the generator, displaying a device type associated with the transmitted unit identification code, checking a status of the accessory, unlocking a tag memory management if the read status code indicates the accessory has not previously been used, reading encoded data from the tag memory, computing a device authentication code from tag memory encoded data, transmitting the computed authentication code to the tag, and enabling the accessory in response to a match.