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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:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel W. Price, Loveland, OH (US);
Donna L. Korvick, San Antonio, TX (US);
Foster B. Stulen, Johns Island, SC (US);
Assignee:
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); A61B 17/00491 (2013.01); A61B 17/122 (2013.01); A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00309 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320094 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320095 (2017.08);
Abstract
A surgical system comprises an end effector including an ultrasonic blade and a capturing arm, wherein the capturing arm is movable to capture tissue against the ultrasonic blade. In addition, the surgical system includes a transducer configured to generate ultrasonic energy for transmission to the ultrasonic blade and a clamping member removably coupled to the end effector, the clamping member configured to clamp the captured tissue.