Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

William L Collins, Jr

David C Yates

Scott D Wampler

Anil K Nalagatla

Salvatore Privitera

William T Donofrio

Randall Scott Hickle

Mark A Burdorff

Hal H Katz

James F Martin

Paul J Niklewski

Curt R Eyster

Jeffery J Wuennemann

Paul Bruggeman

Fred B Stevens, Iii

A medical effector system comprised of a bedside unit and a procedure unit. The bedside unit contains a series of connection points for receiving inputs from a series of patient monitors. The procedure unit contains a patient monitoring and medical effector program, and a drug delivery pump or magnetic flux generator capable of delivering therapeutic energy to a patient. The medical effector system contains the capability to issue and receive a request from a non-sedated patient, issue and receive a request from a sedated patient and then to calculate a time difference. The medical effector program operates the pump or magnetic flux generator based upon at least some of the patient outputs and program inputs including a calculated time difference. A removable umbilical cable connects the two units and allows the output of the patient monitors as well as other information to travel between the two units.

Medical effector system

The present invention is directed to a bipolar electrosurgical end effector for use in medical instruments. A bipolar end effector according to the present invention includes a tissue slot and electrodes arranged on either side of the tissue slot. The opposing electrodes are electrically connected such that tissue passing through the slot is electrically treated with electrosurgical current passing laterally through the tissue. An end effector according to the present invention further includes a tissue separator arranged at the end of the slot to divide tissue as it is passed through the slot and after it is treated.

RF bipolar end effector for use in electrosurgical instruments

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

William L Collins, Jr