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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2023
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eitan T. Wiener, Loveland, OH (US);
Brian T. Noyes, Yonkers, NY (US);
Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Lebanon, OH (US);
James R. Giordano, Milford, OH (US);
Robert J. Beetel, III, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel J. Abbott, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Foster B. Stulen, Johns Island, SC (US);
Matthew C. Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Aaron C. Voegele, Loveland, OH (US);
Jeffrey P. Wiley, Milford, OH (US);
Nathan J. Price, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Daniel W. Price, Loveland, OH (US);
Robert L. Koch, Jr., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A generator comprising an interface and a control circuit is disclosed. The interface is to electrically couple to an ultrasonic surgical instrument comprising a switch. The switch is configurable between a first switch state and a second switch state. The control circuit is to provide a continuous drive signal to the ultrasonic surgical instrument based on the switch being in the first switch state. The control circuit is to provide a pulsed drive signal to the ultrasonic surgical instrument based on the switch being in the second switch state.