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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2017
Covidien Ag, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Kevin W. Smith, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Coral Gables, FL (US);
Matthew A. Palmer, Miami, FL (US);
Derek D. Deville, Coral Gables, FL (US);
COVIDIEN AG, , CH;
Abstract
An ultrasonic surgical device includes a handle body, an ultrasonic waveguide engaged with the handle body and extending distally therefrom and including a proximal end portion disposed at the handle body, an ultrasonic generator releasably engagable with the handle body and including a first set of contacts, and an ultrasonic transducer releasably engagable with the handle body independently of the ultrasonic generator. The ultrasonic transducer includes a distal end portion configured to engage the proximal end portion of the ultrasonic waveguide and a second set of contacts configured to electrically couple to the first set of contacts.