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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2020
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Michael J. Stokes, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Scott R. Bingham, Mason, OH (US);
Ryan M. Asher, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US);
Rudolph H. Nobis, Mason, OH (US);
Frederick L. Estera, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Benjamin D. Dickerson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Carl J. Draginoff, Jr., Mason, KY (US);
Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David J. Cagle, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jacob S. Gee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William B. Weisenburgh, II, Maineville, OH (US);
Omar E. Rios Perez, Beaumont, TX (US);
Chester O. Baxter, III, Loveland, OH (US);
Karalyn R. Tellio, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Benjamin M. Boyd, Fairborn, OH (US);
Rafael J. Ruiz Ortiz, Mason, OH (US);
Joël Fontannaz, Bulle, CH;
Lukas S. Glutz, Bern, CH;
Amir Feriani, Auvernier, CH;
Emmanuel Gremion, Echarlens, CH;
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A surgical apparatus comprises a body, a user input feature, a shaft assembly, an end effector, and a blade cooling system. The end effector comprises a clamp arm and an ultrasonic blade that may be coupled with an ultrasonic transducer. The clamp arm is configured to pivot toward and away from the ultrasonic blade. The cooling system is operable to deliver liquid coolant to the ultrasonic blade to thereby cool the ultrasonic blade. The user input feature is operable to both actuate the clamp arm and actuate the cooling system.