18914702. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL SYSTEM BATTERY MANAGEMENT (Alcon Inc.)
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL SYSTEM BATTERY MANAGEMENT
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Inventor(s)
Dan Durant of Rancho Santa Margarita CA US
Rafik Khalili of Yorba Linda CA US
Vivian Vuong of Hacienda Heights CA US
Anbumani Thangaraj of Lake Forest CA US
Satish Kumar Calasapakkam Gopal of Jurupa Valley CA US
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL SYSTEM BATTERY MANAGEMENT
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18914702 titled 'SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL SYSTEM BATTERY MANAGEMENT
Original Abstract Submitted
A surgical system including battery packs, a power subsystem and a controller is provided. The power subsystem is configured to connect at least two battery packs in parallel during a backup mode, disconnect the battery packs in a non-backup mode, and prevent each battery pack from charging one or more other battery packs during parallel operation. The controller is configured to individually charge each battery pack to a power capacity equal to or less than a predetermined power capacity, such as 100 Wh.