Covidien LP

Susan Hiebert

Keir Hart

Kelley D Goodman

Arlen James Reschke

Weng-Kai K Lee

Geneva Ladtkow

Prakash Manley

Jeffrey R Townsend

Kenneth E Netzel

Scott N Lacosta

Diana Gunnarson

Amanda K White

Weng-Kai Lee K

A system includes an energy source and a surgical device. The energy source has a receptacle configured to delivery energy to the surgical device through a receptacle. The surgical device is configured to deliver the energy to tissue. The surgical device includes a plug selectively engagable to the receptacle to couple the surgical device to the energy source. The plug includes a prong configured to mechanically transition from a condition permitting engagement of the plug and the receptacle to another condition inhibiting engagement of the plug with the receptacle upon reaching a predetermined usage threshold.

Limited-use surgical devices

A jaw member includes an insulative member and a substrate. The substrate is formed as a single, integral component that has first and second side portions interconnected by a connector portion. The connector portion has first and second side portions that are interconnected by an arc-shaped portion. The connector portion is configured to be removed before use of the jaw member such that the first and second portions are electrically insulated from one another.

End effector assemblies and methods of manufacturing end effector assemblies for treating and/or cutting tissue

A method of manufacturing an end effector assembly including first and second energizable portions configured to supply energy to tissue is provided. The method includes forming a substrate including first and second portions interconnected by a connector portion. The substrate is formed as a single integrated component. The method further includes engaging the substrate with an insulative member, and removing the connector portion of the substrate to electrically insulate the first and second portions from one another.

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Lyons, CO, United States of America

Susan Hiebert