Covidien LP

Diana Gunnarson

Keir Hart

Kelley D Goodman

Jeffrey R Townsend

Arlen James Reschke

Luke Waaler

Kenneth E Netzel

William E Robinson

Weng-Kai K Lee

Scott N Lacosta

Geneva Ladtkow

Prakash Manley

Susan Hiebert

Duane E Kerr

Robert B Stoddard

Sean T O'Neill

Jason L Craig

Steven E Butcher

Cody C Taylor

Sean T O'neill

A system includes an energy source and a surgical device. The energy source has a receptacle configured to delivery energy to the surgical device through a receptacle. The surgical device is configured to deliver the energy to tissue. The surgical device includes a plug selectively engagable to the receptacle to couple the surgical device to the energy source. The plug includes a prong configured to mechanically transition from a condition permitting engagement of the plug and the receptacle to another condition inhibiting engagement of the plug with the receptacle upon reaching a predetermined usage threshold.

Limited-use surgical devices

The present disclosure is directed to an electrosurgical instrument having a housing that includes a generator configured to output electrosurgical energy and a controller configured to control the output of the generator. The instrument also includes a switch coupled to the controller and configured to provide a signal to the controller to select the energy modality of the electrosurgical energy. An indicator is also included to provide an indication of the selected energy modality.

Method of switching energy modality on a cordless RF device

A surgical instrument is provided and includes a housing including an elongated shaft. The housing includes a docking portion that includes one or more apertures defined therein and electrical circuitry disposed therein. An end effector is operably supported at a distal end of the elongated shaft. A battery assembly is selectively and pivotably engageable with the docking portion of the housing and configured to generate electrical energy. The battery assembly includes one or more protrusions that are configured to releasably engage the aperture(s) on the docking portion and a latch mechanism that is movable from an initial position for latching the battery assembly to the docking portion to a subsequent position for unlatching the battery assembly from the docking portion. The battery assembly is adapted to communicate with the electrical circuitry of the docking member upon insertion of the battery assembly into the at least one aperture.

Portable surgical instrument

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Longmont, CO, United States of America

Diana Gunnarson