Cilag International Gmbh

Grace E Brooks

Ryan M Asher

John E Brady

Stephen M Leuck

Aaron C Voegele

Demetrius N Harris

Alexander R Cuti

Matthew Thomas Kuhn

Ellen E Burkart

Amy M Krumm

Candice Otrembiak

Andrew Kolpitcke

Cameron D McLain

Kevin Michael Fiebig

Eitan T Wiener

Matthew C Miller

Brian D Black

Jason R Lesko

Brendan J Oberkircher

Joshua Henderson

Benjamin J Danziger

Carl J Draginoff, Jr

Amrita Singh Sawhney

Ion V Nicolaescu

Guion Y Lucas

Fajian Zhang

Geni M Giannotti

Nabeel Mark Jadeed

Andrew S Meyers

An ultrasonic surgical instrument and method of assembly with a predetermined alignment includes first and second modular assemblies and an electrical lockout. The first modular assembly includes at least a portion of an end effector configured to manipulate a tissue. The second modular assembly includes a transducer power circuit and an activation switch electrically connected to the transducer power circuit. The electrical lockout is electrically connected to the transducer power circuit and configured to inhibit the activation switch from powering the ultrasonic transducer with the first and second modular assemblies misaligned from the predetermined alignment such that the first and second modular assemblies are in a locked-out state. The electrical lockout is further configured to allow the activation switch to power the ultrasonic transducer with the first and second modular assemblies in the predetermined alignment such that the first and second modular assemblies are in an operational state.

Electrical lockout for ultrasonic surgical instrument

An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a first modular assembly including at least one operator input feature an ultrasonic transducer supported by the first modular assembly, and a second modular assembly configured to be removably coupled with the first modular assembly. The second modular assembly includes at least a portion of an end effector extending distally from a distal end portion of the second modular assembly. The instrument includes a mechanical lockout assembly configured to switch between at least an unlocked configuration and a locked configuration. In the locked configuration, the first modular assembly and the second modular assembly are partially coupled together such that the operator is physically prevented from activating the instrument using the operator input feature. In the unlocked configuration, the first modular assembly and the second modular assembly are completely coupled together and the operator is able to activate the instrument using the operator input feature.

Mechanical lockout for ultrasonic surgical instrument

A modular energy system that can include a header module removably couplable to one or more energy modules. The one or more energy modules collectively comprise multiple ports to which a surgical instrument is connectable and are each configured to drive a plurality of energy modalities for the surgical instrument. The header module can comprise a display screen configured to display a user interface. The header module is connectable to a footswitch such that the header module can receive a control signal from the footswitch and can send a control signal to the footswitch. The header module can further comprise configured to assign the footswitch to a particular port and, based on user input received via the user interface, reassign the footswitch to another of the ports.

Adaptably connectable and reassignable system accessories for modular energy system

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Grace E Brooks