Covidien LP

Paul R Hrenchir

Duane E Kerr

Glenn A Horner

Peter Michael Mueller

Robert B Stoddard

Luke Waaler

Philip Bourgeois

Allan G Aquino

Matthew Bettman

Christopher Rainieri

Jody A Solem

Francisco E Varela

Jeffrey A Hammond

Aaron Neuhauser

A surgical system includes a portable surgical instrument and a sleeve. The portable surgical instrument includes an end effector assembly and a housing operably coupled to the end effector assembly. The housing includes a generator and a battery assembly coupled thereto and configured to supply energy to the end effector assembly for treating tissue. The sleeve is shaped complementarily to the housing and is removably positionable about the housing. The sleeve is configured to cool the housing and/or remove heat from the housing to inhibit overheating of the generator and/or the battery assembly.

External cooling devices and systems for surgical instruments

Universal cart

Electrosurgical generator

Growing community of inventors

Longmont, CO, United States of America

Paul R Hrenchir