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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2015
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Benjamin J. Danziger, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David C. Yates, West Chester, OH (US);
Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Lebanon, OH (US);
Joseph E. Scholler, Louisville, CO (US);
Douglas P. Sterlina, Durham, NC (US);
Christopher A. Dums, Neenah, WI (US);
Jonathan M. Bonte, Menasha, WI (US);
Abby C. Albers, Neenah, WI (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
Various forms are directed to systems and methods apparatus for operating a surgical instrument that includes an adapter configured to couple to a generator. The generator configured to provide an energy signal for treating tissue The adapter includes at least one input port configured to receive the energy signal from the generator, where the energy signal includes an energy component comprising one or more energy modalities. An energy storage circuit is configured to charge and store energy from the generator as a DC output. The adapter also includes at least one output port configured to couple to one or more surgical instruments for treating tissue. The one or more energy modalities comprises any one of an ultrasonic, a bipolar radio frequency (RF), a monopolar RF, a reversible electroporation, an irreversible electroporation, or a microwave component, or any combination thereof.