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Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2024
Applicant:

Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);

Inventor:

Manfred K. Luedi, Jacksonville, FL (US);

Assignee:

Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1628 (2013.01); A61B 17/1615 (2013.01); A61B 17/1626 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 17/1695 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320044 (2013.01);
Abstract

Surgical instruments with ultrasonic cutting and sensing capabilities, as well as related systems and methods, are disclosed herein. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a surgical instrument including a housing; an ultrasonic transducer contained in the housing and capable of acting as an ultrasonic receiver; an output member at least partially received in the housing and configured to be driven by the ultrasonic transducer; a dissection head having an attachment portion configured to be selectively driven by the ultrasonic transducer; and a controller operable to initiate and stop the ultrasonic transducer according to an alternating duty cycle.


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