Method for powering an electrosurgical instrument including inserting a removable battery assembly into the instrument

摘要

The application relates to a method for powering an electrosurgical instrument, the method comprising the step of inserting a removable battery assembly (1880) into an electrosurgical instrument, the removable battery assembly (1880) including a power control circuit powered by at least one energy storage cell, a radio-frequency-signal-generation assembly communicatively coupled to the power control circuit and operable to selectively produce a radio-frequency signal and a battery assembly/instrument interface operably coupled to the radio-frequency-signal-generation assembly, the battery assembly/instrument interface including a first plurality of connectors removably connectable with at least one corresponding connector coupled to the electrosurgical instrument, at least one of the first plurality of connectors being operable to supply the radio-frequency signal to the electrosurgical instrument, the method further including the step of activating the power control circuit to power the electrosurgical instrument.