Stryker Sustainability Solutions, Inc.

Nicholas Ferentheil

Jason Seiger

Nathan Butters

Charles A Forker

Brooke McDonald

Sachin Jain

Methods and devices for reprocessing a surgical instrument are disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a housing defining a cavity and at least one interior component disposed within the cavity. The housing is opened along a seam to access the cavity, the at least one interior component is serviced, and a mating member is applied to the housing. The housing is joined together with the mating member, and the housing is reopened along the seam to access the cavity.

Methods of reprocessing a surgical instrument and corresponding reprocessed surgical instruments

A method of reprocessing a surgical instrument that includes a handpiece having opposed shells secured together with a fastener, a shroud secured to the handpiece and overlaying the fastener and a portion of the handpiece, an outer shaft extending from the shroud and defining a cutting window, and a cutting shaft movable within the outer shaft and including a cutting tip for resecting tissue within the cutting window is disclosed. The method includes mutilating the shroud so as to remove the shroud from the handpiece, removing the fastener, separating the opposed shells to access an interior of the handpiece, servicing or replacing at least one component within the interior of the handpiece, securing the opposed shells to one another with the fastener or another fastener, and securing a replacement shroud to the handpiece.

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Gilbert, AZ, United States of America

Nicholas Ferentheil