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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Joshua Benjamin Stopek, Guilford, CT (US);
Inventor:
Joshua Benjamin Stopek, Guilford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/1155 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0092 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00911 (2013.01); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02); A61B 2562/182 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical instrument for treating tissue during use of a diagnostic scanning device. The surgical instrument includes a housing, an actuating mechanism and an end effector assembly. The actuating mechanism is configured to activate the end effector assembly to treat tissue. At least a portion of the end effector is made of a material that is compatible with the diagnostic scanning device and allows a user to insert and activate the end effector to treat tissue at a surgical site within a patient while the surgical site is monitored during diagnostic scanning device.