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Patent No.:

US 10952759 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 17, 2017

Tissue loading of a surgical instrument

Applicant:

Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);

Inventors:

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

William E. Clem, Bozeman, MT (US);

John A. Weed, III, Monroe, OH (US);

Eric Stout, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

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

John E. Brady, Cincinnati, OH (US);

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

Phillip H. Clauda, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Monica L. Z. Rivard, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:

Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Mohamed G Gabr

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); B06B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); H01L 41/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/2202 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); B06B 1/0607 (2013.01); B06B 3/00 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2017/32007 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320069 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320072 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320073 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320074 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320078 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320089 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320093 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320094 (2017.08); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02); A61B 2090/08021 (2016.02); H01L 41/0986 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various ultrasonic instruments are disclosed. The ultrasonic instruments include structures configured to indicate the cutting length of the instruments, detect when grasped tissue has extended beyond the cutting length of the instrument, and prevent tissue from extending beyond the cutting length. Several techniques for each types of structures are disclosed.

Published as:
WO2018039412A1; US2018078268A1; CN109640846A; BR112019003694A2; EP3503822A1; JP2019524370A; US10952759B2; JP2022024103A; CN109640846B; JP7346522B2; EP3503822B1; EP3503822C0;

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