Medtronic Xomed, Inc.

Smisson-Cartledge Biomedical LLC

Medtronic, Inc.

Conmed Corporation

Metronic Xomed, Inc.

Michael Lee Koltz, Jr

Gerould W Norman

David John Little, Ii

Richard Cartledge

Hugh F Smisson, Iii

Christopher L Fair

Bradford J Rainier

Dana A Oliver

Frederick John York

Robert K Vaccaro

Manfred Karl Luedi

Louis M Shadeck

David C Field

David J Little

Craig Drager

Michael S Ferrell

Stephen R Viviano

Andrzej Klimaszewski

Jeffrey W Jerrell

John M Christensen

John M Iaconis

Derek Eilers

Mason Williams

Charles F Scott Carpenter

Harvey A Lewis, Jr

William J Jaecklein

Mansur Ibne Omar

Roland T Stafford

Craig L Drager

Frederick J York

Richard G Cartledge

Charles F Carpenter Scott

Hugh F Smisson

Hugh F Iii Smisson

An electrosurgical device having a pair of jaws, at least one electrode supported by one of the pair of jaws, and a polymer mat positioned in covering relation a portion of the at least one electrode. The polymer mat comprises a plurality of polymer fibers having an average width of between 1 and 100 micrometers. The polymer mat has a porosity of between 6E-10m2 and 2.5E-7m2. Between 10 and 90 percent of the electrode may be exposed.

Electrospun electrode coating

A system and method of processing bone is disclosed. A tissue separator is utilized to separate tissue comprising at least one of muscle, periosteum and connective tissue from bone in a safe, sterile and efficient manner. In one aspect, the particle reducer can include an impeller positioned with respect to a cutting surface on a drum. At least one of the impeller and the drum is rotated by a power source such that harvested tissue frictionally engages the cutting surface. In another aspect, a source of pressurized fluid can be directed at tissue to separate bone from non-bone tissue.

System and method of bone processing

A surgical system which may include a controller, a data entry device, a powered surgical handpiece and a surgical tool adapted to couple to the surgical handpiece. The surgical handpiece can include motor direction control and feedback, safety stop features, stimulation and nerve integrity monitoring, a tool connector assembly configured to retain a variety of surgical tools and optional navigation and/or electric ratcheting features.

Surgical system including powered rotary-type handpiece

A surgical fluid manager includes a pump releasably engageable to tubing and a user interface. The user interface is configured to enable finger-touch selection of a fluid flow rate through the tubing and configured to operate in at least one of a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, the flow rate is controlled via direct selection of one of a plurality of selectable digital numeric values, while in the second mode the flow rate is controlled via user selection of one alphanumeric identifier within a scale of alphanumeric identifiers. Each respective alphanumeric identifier directly corresponds to just one instrument size within a scale of instrument sizes.

Surgical fluid management

A fluid delivery system is provided for use with a peristaltic pump, which includes a roller-tube engagement zone and a rotor structure including an array of rollers. The fluid delivery system includes a console to removably receive the peristaltic pump in a mounted position, with the console including a roller positioning system.

Roller positioning system

Surgical fluid management system

A steam-sterilizable powered surgical handpiece provided with a check valve for venting of an interior cavity of the handpiece. The check valve may be configured to vent steam, steam condensate or contaminants from the interior cavity during a steam sterilization cycle. The check valve may be configured to open when subjected to steam sterilization parameters to prevent gas, liquid or contaminants from potentially degrading interior components of the handpiece.

Check valve vented sterilizable powered surgical handpiece

A flow measurement assembly includes a coupler and a flow channel. The coupler maintains a magnet and a sensor spaced from the magnet. The flow channel is positionable between the magnet and the sensor. The flow channel includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet spaced from the inlet, and a flow conduit fluidly open to the inlet and the outlet. A ferrous body is movably disposed in the conduit. The sensor is configured to detect a frequency of a change within a magnetic field as the ferrous body travels within the flow conduit between the magnet and the sensor.

Flow management system

A powered screwdriver system includes an electric ratchet. In accordance with one aspect, the powered screwdriver system includes a driver housing and includes a motor disposed within the housing. A working end provides a rotational output and is mechanically coupled to the rotor. A power source provides power to the motor. A controller receives signals representative of a motor condition and, based on the received signals, controls the motor in a manner providing the electric ratchet.

Electric ratchet for a powered screwdriver

A tube-positioning system for loading tubing into a peristaltic pump includes a shell configured to slidably fit onto, and be releasably secured relative to, an exterior housing of a peristaltic pump. A pair of guides protrude from an upper portion of opposite side walls of the shell with each guide configured to releasably mount a first tube segment to extend between the guides.

Tube positioner

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Jacksonville, FL, United States of America

Michael Lee Koltz, Jr