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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2016
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Chad P. Boudreaux, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Peter K. Shires, Hamilton, OH (US);
Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Christopher A. Papa, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cory G. Kimball, Hamilton, OH (US);
Foster B. Stulen, Mason, OH (US);
Edward G. Chekan, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure are presented for a single surgical instrument configured for grasping tissue, performing sealing procedures using electrosurgical or ultrasonic energy, suctioning fluid, and providing irrigation. An end effector of the surgical instrument may include multiple members arranged in various configurations to collectively perform the aforementioned functions. The suction and irrigation elements may comprise one or more fluid paths configured to deliver fluid to or evacuate fluid from a surgical field. In this way, a user, such as a clinician or surgeon, may rely on a single surgical instrument to perform these tasks typical in surgery while having an extra hand available and so as to not need to divert his or her concentration away from the surgical site in order to access multiple devices. Further, the timing for performing each of the functions may be made quicker, due to not needing to switch using multiple devices.