Cilag International Gmbh

Ethicon, Gmbh

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

William B Weisenburgh

Frederick E Shelton, IV

Jerome R Morgan

Barry C Worrell

Chester O Baxter, Iii

Jeffrey S Swayze

Charles J Scheib

Michael J Vendely

Kevin L Houser

Chad Paul Boudreaux

Mark S Ortiz

Jeffrey David Messerly

Gregory A Trees

Ryan M Asher

John A Hibner

Taylor W Aronhalt

Christopher J Hess

Michael J Stokes

Foster B Stulen

Eitan T Wiener

Daniel W Price

Richard William Timm

Andrew T Beckman

Jeffrey L Aldridge

Thomas W Huitema

Gregory W Johnson

Geoffrey S Strobl

James R Giordano

Sean P Conlon

James Walden Voegele

Daniel J Mumaw

Steven G Hall

Craig N Faller

Eugene L Timperman

Michael E Setser

Kyle P Moore

Gary W Knight

Benjamin D Dickerson

Katherine J Schmid

Jacob Spencer Gee

Kristen G Denzinger

Brian D Black

John B Schulte

Michael S Cropper

Christopher W Widenhouse

Ashvani K Madan

Tamara S Widenhouse

William D Fox

Joseph E Young

Andrew M Zwolinski

Kevin D Felder

Michael A Murray

Mark H Ransick

Robert Perrin Gill

Stephen M Leuck

Tylor C Muhlenkamp

Christopher J Schall

Brendan J Oberkircher

Richard C Smith

Carl J Shurtleff

Amy L Marcotte

Joshua Henderson

Frederick L Estera

Craig T Davis

Aron O Zingman

Shan Wan

Robert J Laird

William A Olson

Madeleine C Jayme

Jason R Sullivan

Amrita Singh Sawhney

John A Weed, Iii

David Alexander Monroe

John W Willis

Stephen D Geresy

Edward G Chekan

Matthew D Holcomb

Darrel M Powell

John L Stammen

Binoy K Bordoloi

Douglas Jon Siebenaler

Joseph E Hollo

Thomas C Gallmeyer

Robert A Kemerling

Kristen L D'Uva

Stephanie A Mutchler

Emily A Heeb

William P Geis

Karen N Hagerty

Jason K Rupert

Amy L Sitler

Karen M Morgan

Chester O Baxter

Andrew Yoo

Kreena R Modi

James R Janszen

Patrick J Scoggins

John A Weed

Jarema S Czarnecki

Brian E Keyt

A method of creating a tissue thickness compensator is disclosed. The method comprises dispensing oxidized regenerated cellulose onto a cover sheet, folding the cover sheet to at least partially capture the oxidized regenerated cellulose therein, and creating the tissue thickness compensator by applying a seal to the folded cover sheet.

Layer of material for a surgical end effector

A surgical apparatus includes a body assembly, a shaft, an acoustic waveguide, an articulation section, an end effector, and a rigidizing member. The shaft extends distally from the body assembly and defines a longitudinal axis. The acoustic waveguide includes a flexible portion. The articulation section is coupled with the shaft. A portion of the articulation section encompasses the flexible portion of the waveguide. The articulation section includes a first member and a second member. The second member is longitudinally translatable relative to the first member. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade in acoustic communication with the waveguide. The rigidizing member is configured to selectively engage at least a portion of the articulation section to thereby selectively provide rigidity to the articulation section.

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with movable rigidizing member

A surgical apparatus comprises a body, an ultrasonic transducer, a shaft, an acoustic waveguide, an articulation section, an end effector, and an articulation drive assembly. The ultrasonic transducer is operable to convert electrical power into ultrasonic vibrations. The shaft couples the end effector and the body together. The acoustic waveguide is coupled with the transducer. The articulation section includes a collar that is located distal to a nodal portion of the waveguide and is operable to deflect the end effector away from the longitudinal axis. The end effector comprises an ultrasonic blade in acoustic communication with the ultrasonic transducer. The articulation drive assembly is operable to drive articulation of the articulation section. The articulation drive assembly comprises at least one translating articulation driver coupled with the collar. The ultrasonic blade is operable to deliver ultrasonic vibrations to tissue even when the articulation section is in an articulated state.

Articulation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument

Disclosed is a method of assembling a backplane connector subassembly for a module of a modular energy system. The backplane connector subassembly physically and electrically connects at least two modules stacked on top of one another. The method includes providing a back panel defining an inner surface, attaching a first support member to the inner surface of the back panel, attaching a second support member to the inner surface of the back panel, attaching the upstream connector to the back panel by sliding a first mating hole defined in the upstream connector onto the first support member, and attaching the downstream connector to the back panel by a sliding a second mating hole defined in the downstream connector onto the second support member. The first support member is configured to support an upstream connector. The second support member is configured to support a downstream connector.

Modular energy system

A first module configured to engage with a second module in a stacked configuration to define a modular energy system is provided. The first module comprises a first bridge connector portion and a second conductive portion. The first bridge connector portion is configured to engage with a second bridge connector portion of the second module as the first module and the second module are engaged. The first conductive portion is configured to engage with a second conductive portion of the second module as the first module and the second module are engaged, prior to engagement between the first bridge connector portion and the second bridge connector portion.

Grounding arrangement of energy modules

Growing community of inventors

Maineville, OH, United States of America

William B Weisenburgh