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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2021
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Nikolai D. Begg, Wellesley, MA (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical system includes a fluid-delivery device configured to deliver fluid to a surgical site, a surgical instrument including a heat-generating component, and a fluid inflow path defined from a fluid source to the fluid-delivery device to provide fluid to the fluid-delivery device for delivery to the surgical site. At least a portion of the fluid inflow path is thermally coupled to the heat-generating component to simultaneously draw heat from the heat-generating component and warm fluid flowing through the fluid inflow path. A method of surgery includes using a surgical instrument having a heat-generating component that generates heat during use, and introducing fluid along a fluid inflow path from a fluid source to a surgical site. At least a portion of the fluid inflow path is thermally coupled to the heat-generating component to simultaneously draw heat from the heat-generating component and warm the fluid introduced along the fluid inflow path.