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Patent No.:

US 10828056 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 17, 2017

Ultrasonic transducer to waveguide acoustic coupling, connections, and configurations

Applicant:

Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Benjamin D. Dickerson, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Rafael J. Ruiz Ortiz, Mason, OH (US);

Ryan M. Asher, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Joseph D. Dennis, Wyoming, OH (US);

Brian D. Black, Loveland, OH (US);

Craig T. Davis, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Mark E. Tebbe, Lebanon, OH (US);

Ion V. Nicolaescu, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Frederick Estera, Cincinnati, OH (US);

William A. Olson, Lebanon, OH (US);

Amelia Pierce, Cincinnati, OH (US);

James Wilson, Cincinnati, OH (US);

William D. Dannaher, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Fajian Zhang, Mason, OH (US);

Foster B. Stulen, Mason, OH (US);

Assignee:

Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Bryan P Gordon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); H01L 41/053 (2006.01); H01L 41/083 (2006.01); H01L 41/09 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01); B29C 65/4805 (2013.01); H01L 41/0536 (2013.01); H01L 41/083 (2013.01); H01L 41/0835 (2013.01); H01L 41/0986 (2013.01); A61B 17/1628 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0088 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00402 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22027 (2013.01); A61B 2017/294 (2013.01); A61B 2017/32007 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320074 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320082 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320088 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320089 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320098 (2017.08); A61B 2018/00565 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00595 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7546 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various ultrasonic instruments are disclosed. The ultrasonic instruments include an ultrasonic waveguide acoustically coupled to an ultrasonic transducer. Several techniques for acoustically coupling the ultrasonic transducer to the ultrasonic waveguide are disclosed.

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