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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2017
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Patrick J. Scoggins, Loveland, OH (US);
Tylor C. Muhlenkamp, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David C. Groene, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William D. Dannaher, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Benjamin D. Dickerson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Phillip H. Clauda, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rafael J. Ruiz Ortiz, Mason, OH (US);
Matthew C. Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin A. Bash, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A variety of methods for managing a re-usable ultrasonic medical device may include a medical device control module capable of receiving functional data from a user assembled or reassembled ultrasonic medical device, and notifying the user if a value of the functional data lies within an acceptance range. If the value of the functional data does not lie within the acceptance range, the control module may prompt a user to reassemble the device or to clean or replace one or more components thereof. The functional data may relate to a clamp force of a jaw assembly, an impedance or resonant frequency value of an ultrasonic blade, or a mechanical displacement value of one or more moving components of the device.