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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2017
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Ryan M. Asher, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory D. Bishop, Hamilton, OH (US);
Brian D. Black, Loveland, OH (US);
Chad P. Boudreaux, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David J. Cagle, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William E. Clem, Bozeman, MT (US);
Joseph Dennis, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kristen G. Denzinger, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Benjamin D. Dickerson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin M. Fiebig, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ellen Burkart, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Christina M. Hough, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John V. Hunt, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cody R. Jackson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cory G. Kimball, Hamilton, OH (US);
Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gabriel I. Myers, Perryville, KY (US);
Ion V. Nicolaescu, Carpentersville, IN (US);
William A. Olson, Lebanon, OH (US);
Candice Otrembiak, Loveland, OH (US);
John K. Swain, St. Paul, MN (US);
Gregory A. Trees, Loveland, OH (US);
John A. Weed, III, Monroe, OH (US);
William B. Weisenburgh, II, Maineville, OH (US);
Eitan T. Wiener, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Barry C. Worrell, Centerville, OH (US);
David C. Yates, West Chester, OH (US);
Monica L. Zeckel, Zionsville, IN (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes an ultrasonic waveguide extending through a body assembly. An ultrasonic blade connects to the ultrasonic waveguide. A clamp arm assembly of the surgical instrument is able to move from an opened position for receiving a tissue toward a closed position for clamping the tissue. The clamp arm assembly includes a clamp body and a clamp pad facing the ultrasonic blade. A clamp arm actuator of the surgical instrument is able to move from a first position toward a second position to direct the clamp arm assembly from the opened position toward the closed position. A modular coupling of the surgical instrument connects to the clamp pad such that at least the clamp pad can be disconnected relative to the ultrasonic blade for replacement thereof.