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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2017
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brian D. Black, Loveland, OH (US);
William A. Olson, Lebanon, OH (US);
Frederick Estera, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William E. Clem, Bozeman, MT (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Lebanon, OH (US);
Stephen M. Leuck, Milford, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A method of fabricating an ultrasonic medical device is presented. The method includes machining a surgical tool from a flat metal stock, contacting a face of a first transducer with a first face of the surgical tool, and contacting a face of a second transducer with an opposing face of the surgical tool opposite the first transducer. The first and second transducers are configured to operate in a D31 mode with respect to the longitudinal portion of the surgical tool. Upon activation, the first transducer and the second transducer are configured to induce a standing wave in the surgical tool and the induced standing wave comprises a node at a node location in the surgical tool and an antinode at an antinode location in the surgical tool.