Covidien LP

Schlage Lock Company LLC

Tyco Healthcare Group LP

William J Dickhans

Joseph D Brannan

Casey M Ladtkow

Darion R Peterson

Eric W Larson

Jason A Case

Duane E Kerr

William H Nau, Jr

James S Cunningham

Robert B Stoddard

Eric Russell Larson

Russell D Hempstead

Anthony B Ross

Ryan C Artale

Dennis W Butcher

Richard A Willyard

John J Kappus

Kaylen J Haley

Arlen K Ward

Daniel A Joseph

Jeffrey M Roy

Tony Moua

Luke Waaler

Arlen James Reschke

Meghan Collins Long

Cynthia M Perry

Thomas W Meiser

Steven E Butcher

Joshua Benjamin Stopek

Alex Alden Peterson

Carol L Shaffer

Jeetendra Subhash Bharadwaj

Morgan L Hill

Flor De Maria R Nonalaya

Zhiwei Lin

Brian K Roth

Wei Zhang

Peter Michael Mueller

William Sanford Krimsky

Robert J Behnke, Ii

Gary M Couture

Rebecca J Coulson

Nikhil P Mankar

Jiagui Li

Misty G Jackson

James D Ohl

Sara E Anderson

Paul O Gardner

John J Halbur

Raymond H Lammers

John B Harris

Shivanand Shivalli

Meghan Marie Collins Long

Kreg A Howk

Thomas Meiser

William H Nau

Robert J Ii Behnke

Jr William H Nau

Megan Marie Collins Long

A forceps includes first and second shafts, each having a jaw member disposed at a distal end thereof. At least one jaw member is moveable from an open to a closed position for grasping tissue therebetween. At least one jaw member is configured for reciprocation of a blade therethrough. A trigger assembly includes a trigger and at least one linkage coupled to the trigger and to the blade such that rotation of the trigger translates the blade between the retracted and the extended position. An interference member moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position is also provided. The interference member is configured to engage the linkage(s) when in the locked position to inhibit translation of the blade from the retracted to the extended position.

Blade deployment mechanisms for surgical forceps

A bipolar electrosurgical instrument includes first and second shafts each having a jaw member extending from its distal end. Each jaw member is adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy such that the jaw members are capable of selectively conducting energy through tissue held therebetween. A knife channel is configured to reciprocate a cutting mechanism therealong. An actuator selectively advances the cutting mechanism. A switch is disposed on the first shaft and is configured to be depressed between a first position and at least one subsequent position upon biasing engagement with a mechanical interface disposed on the second shaft. The first position of the switch relays information to the user corresponding to a desired pressure on tissue and the at least one subsequent position is configured to activate the source of electrosurgical energy to supply electrosurgical energy to the jaw members.

Surgical forceps

A microwave ablation device includes a cable assembly, a feedline, and a transmission line. The cable assembly is configured to connect to an energy source. The feedline is in electrical communication with the cable assembly and includes a first temperature sensor. The first temperature sensor is disposed at a first axial location along a length of the feedline and is configured to sense a temperature at the first axial location. The first temperature sensor extends along the length of the feedline. The transmission line extends from the first temperature sensor and is disposed parallel and in contact with an outer conductor of the feedline.

Microwave ablation devices

A surgical system includes a bronchoscope, an extended working channel defining an elongated passageway and adapted to extend through the bronchoscope, and a valve in fluid communication with the passageway of the extended working channel. The surgical system further includes an elongated surgical instrument configured and dimensioned to be inserted through the extended working channel. During operation, a fluid is able to flow from the valve and through the extended working channel such that the fluid travels within an annular area surrounding the elongated surgical instrument positioned within the extended working channel.

Rail system for use with a bronchoscope

A system includes a treatment probe, a first tracking sensor configured to track a location of the treatment probe, an ultrasound imager, a second tracking sensor configured to track a location of the ultrasound imager, and a tracking system. The ultrasound imager generates real-time ultrasound images. The tracking system receives location information from the first and second tracking sensors, tracks the location of the treatment probe and the location of the ultrasound imager, and displays the real-time ultrasound images and a representation of the treatment probe in one or more pre-stored images.

System for tracking and imaging a treatment probe

An endoscopic instrument is provided and includes a housing including an elongated shaft assembly extending distally therefrom. The elongated shaft assembly includes inner and outer shaft members. The inner and outer shaft members are removably coupled to the housing and the outer shaft member is movable with respect to the inner shaft member. An end effector is operably supported at the distal end of the outer shaft member and includes a pair of jaw members configured for treating tissue. A bushing operably couples to the inner and outer shaft members of the shaft assembly and selectively and releasably couples to the housing. The bushing includes one or more mechanical interfaces configured to engage one or more slots defined through the inner shaft member and one or more slots defined through the outer shaft member to release the inner and outer shaft members from the housing.

Endoscopic instrument

A cannula for use in a surgical procedure includes a tubular shaft and a tether coupled to a distal end portion of the tubular shaft. The distal end portion of the tubular shaft is configured to turn inside out in response to a threshold proximally-oriented force applied to the tether. Sections of the distal end portion may break apart or separate from one another about a groove formed in the tubular shaft.

Cannula for preventing tumor seeding

A microwave ablation antenna assembly including a coaxial cable terminating in a radiating section, a first tubular member circumscribing the coaxial cable and spaced therefrom to permit fluid flow therebetween, and a second tubular member circumscribing the first tubular member and spaced therefrom to permit fluid flow therebetween. The microwave ablation antenna assembly further includes a hub configured to receive the coaxial cable, first tubular member, and second tubular member, the hub including a fluid inflow chamber and a fluid outflow chamber and an integrated hub divider and hub cap separating the fluid inflow chamber from the fluid outflow chamber and prohibiting fluid flow between the inflow chamber and outflow chamber except via the spacing between the coaxial cable and the first tubular member and between the first tubular member and the second tubular member.

Inflow and outflow control of a closed cooling system

A microwave ablation device including a cable assembly configured to connect a microwave ablation device to an energy source and a feedline in electrical communication with the cable assembly. The microwave ablation device further includes a balun on an outer conductor of the feedline, and a temperature sensor on the balun sensing the temperature of the balun.

Microwave energy-delivery device and system

A microwave ablation catheter assembly is provided. A coaxial cable configured to connect to a microwave energy source at its proximal end and at its distal end to a distal radiating section. The coaxial cable includes inner and outer conductors and a dielectric positioned therebetween. An extended working channel is configured to receive the coaxial cable for positioning the coaxial cable adjacent target tissue. At least a portion of an inner surface of the extended working channel is electrically conductive. The electrically conductive inner surface of the extended working channel may function as a balun to maintain a balanced signal between the inner and outer conductors of the coaxial cable when the distal radiating section of the coaxial cable is energized.

Microwave ablation system

A system for ultrasound interrogation of a lung including a memory, an electromagnetic (EM) board, an extended working channel (EWC), an EM sensor, a US transducer, and a processor. The memory stores a three dimensional (3D) model and pathway plan for navigating a luminal network. The EM board generates an EM field. The EWC is configured to navigate the luminal network toward a target following the pathway plan. The EM sensor extends distally from a distal end of the EWC and is configured to sense the EM field. The US transducer extends distally from a distal end of the EWC, generates US waves, and receives US waves reflected from the luminal network. The processor processes the sensed EM field to synchronize a location of the EM sensor in the 3D model, to process the reflected US waves to generate images, or to integrate the generated images with the 3D model.

System and method for lung visualization using ultrasound

A system for ultrasound interrogation of a lung includes a memory, an electromagnetic (EM) board, an extended working channel (EWC), an EM sensor, a US transducer, and a processor. The memory stores a three dimensional (3D) model, a pathway plan for navigating a luminal network. An EM board generates an EM field. The EWC is configured to navigate the luminal network of a patient toward a target following the pathway plan and the EM sensor extends distally from the EWC and senses the EM field. The US transducer extends distally from a distal end of the EWC and generates US waves and receives US waves reflected from the luminal network and the processor processes the sensed EM field to synchronize a location of the EM sensor in the 3D model, to process the reflected US waves to generate images, or to integrate the generated images with the 3D model.

The present disclosure relates to systems, devices and methods for providing visual guidance for navigating inside a patient's chest. An exemplary method includes presenting a three-dimensional (3D) model of a luminal network, generating, by an electromagnetic (EM) field generator, an EM field about the patient's chest, detecting a location of an EM sensor within the EM field, determining a position of a tool within the patient's chest based on the detected location of the EM sensor, displaying an indication of the position of the tool on the 3D model, receiving cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) image data of the patient's chest, detecting the location of the tool within the patient's chest based on the CBCT image data, and updating the indication of the position of the tool on the 3D model based on the detected location.

Visualization, navigation, and planning with electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy and cone beam computed tomography integrated

A handle for longitudinal movement of a first tubular member over a second tubular member includes a handle body, a nose cone, a locking mechanism, and a retraction control. The nose cone has a sleeve and an outer wall that define a control channel therebetween. The nose cone is moveable over the handle body between extended and retracted positions. The locking mechanism has locked and unlocked positions for selectively fixing the nose cone in the extended and retracted positions. A finger of the retraction control is positioned within the control channel of the nose cone. The retraction control has first and second positions relative to the nose cone for transitioning the locking mechanism between the locked and unlocked position and for moving the nose cone between the extended and retracted positions.

Microwave ablation catheter, handle, and system

Surgical system having a guide catheter including a fluid passageway

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Longmont, CO, United States of America

William J Dickhans