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Covidien LP

Henry D Cook

Lewis Puterbaugh

Charles E Littlejohn

Lewis R Puterbaugh

An electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical generator having a radio frequency source configured to operate in a plurality of modes and a controller configured to control the radio frequency source to output a radio frequency waveform corresponding to a mode from the plurality of modes. The system also includes a footswitch assembly coupled to the electrosurgical generator. The footswitch assembly includes a footswitch in communication with the controller. The footswitch is configured to output a footswitch activation signal to activate the radio frequency source. The footswitch assembly also includes a mode select button, which upon activation, is configured to instruct the controller to enter a mapping state during which the controller assigns an activation command for one mode from the plurality of modes to the footswitch.

Universal surgical footswitch toggling

An inventory system configured for detecting and counting potentially retained surgical items within a body of a patient includes a tag configured to transmit a return signal including an electrical characteristic when energized, a signal generator configured to generate an energizing signal for the tag, an antenna operably coupled to the signal generator and configured to receive at least the return signal transmitted by the tag, a processor, and a memory. The memory includes instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, cause the inventory system to energize the tag by the energizing signal, receive the return signal from the tag by the antenna, and determine a presence of the beacon tag based on the electrical characteristic.

Inventory systems and methods for detecting and counting potentially retained surgical items

A control unit for single and double track blinds is provided and consists of a sprocket wheel having a hub rotatably carried in the center of a passageway within a housing. An operating handle extends into the hub that extends through a central aperture in a front cover plate on the housing. The operating handle can be turned to rotate the sprocket wheel, thus driving a bead chain through the passageway to operate louvers in the single and double track blinds.

Control unit for single and double track blinds

An emergency escape system with escape module suspended from a cable or the like along but unattached to the exterior of a multistoried building, such cable being powered by any suitable mechanism incorporating hoisting and pumping devices such as the ground unit described in co-inventor Cook's U.S. Pat. No. 3,750,686, or the winding drum and water pump of a fire truck or other emergency vehicle, such cable being passed around a pulley supported on the roof of the building, so as to raise the escape module and lower it with encapsulated escapees to a haven. Such escape module is selectively positioned on the side of the building for ingress of escapees and provides such protective and human engineered features as heat shielding of escapees from fire; knotted ropes and handrails for handholds during and after ingress; fluid spray for suppression of fire; water cooling and heat shielding of the floor; total encapsulation of escapees for psychological and safety reasons during rescue; requiring no on-board operator thus avoiding risks to rescue attendants; being of light weight and transportable to permit use on a plurality of multistoried buildings.

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Lyons, CO, United States of America

Henry D Cook