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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2017
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Galen C. Robertson, Apex, NC (US);
Richard W. Timm, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin L. Houser, Springboro, OH (US);
Sean P. Conlon, Loveland, OH (US);
Aron O. Zingman, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
An ultrasonic surgical instrument is disclosed. The ultrasonic surgical instrument may include: a housing, a motor assembly supported by the housing, a cutting blade, wherein a proximal end of the cutting blade is configured to be removably coupled to the motor assembly, an ultrasonic transducer assembly supported by the housing, an ultrasonic blade, wherein a proximal end of the ultrasonic blade is configured to be removably coupled to the ultrasonic transducer assembly, and an outer sheath configured to support the cutting blade and the ultrasonic blade, wherein a proximal end of the outer sheath is configured to be removably coupled to the housing.