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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Inventors:
John Brady, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Monica Rivard, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Demetrius Harris, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cory Kimball, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Matthew Schneider, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Chad Frampton, American Fork, UT (US);
Richard W. Timm, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Ehninger, South Jordan, UT (US);
Assignee:
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/085 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/124 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1253 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1412 (2013.01);
Abstract
In general, surgical devices switchable between monopolar functionality and bipolar functionality are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a surgical device is configured to selectively apply each of bipolar energy and monopolar energy.