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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
May. 29, 2020
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
John M. Sarley, Mason, OH (US);
Chad P. Boudreaux, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Tyler N. Brehm, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ellen E. Burkart, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Craig N. Faller, Batavia, OH (US);
Robert S. Bishop, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael A. Keenan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William A. Olson, Lebanon, OH (US);
Richard W. Flaker, Fairfield, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Frederick L. Estera, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Bruce Brunson, Jr., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Guion Y. Lucas, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Demetrius N. Harris, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stephen M. Leuck, Milford, OH (US);
Nina Mastroianni, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John E. Brady, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Wei Guo, Mason, OH (US);
Geoffrey S. Strobl, Williamsburg, OH (US);
Joseph S. Salguero, North Plainfield, NJ (US);
Lauren M. Valente, Macomb, MI (US);
Joseph H. Kemper, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
Disclosed is a surgical instrument with an end-effector adapted and configured to deliver a plurality of energy modalities to tissue at a distal end thereof. The energy modalities may be applied simultaneously, independently, or sequentially. A generator is electrically coupled to the surgical instrument and is configured to supply a plurality of energy modalities to the end-effector. In one aspect, the generator is configured to supply electrosurgical energy (e.g., monopolar or bipolar radio frequency (RF) energy) and ultrasonic energy to the end-effector to allow the end-effector to interact with the tissue. The energy modalities may be supplied to the end-effector by a single generator or multiple generators.