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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2009
Kevin W. Smith, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Thomas O. Bales, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Matthew A. Palmer, Miami, FL (US);
Derek Dee Deville, Miami, FL (US);
Kevin W. Smith, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Thomas O. Bales, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Matthew A. Palmer, Miami, FL (US);
Derek Dee Deville, Miami, FL (US);
Covidien AG, , CH;
Abstract
A method for assembling an ultrasonic surgical assembly includes the steps of substantially simultaneously removably coupling an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to an ultrasonic surgical handle body and removably inserting an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of a rotatably free ultrasonic transducer into the ultrasonic surgical handle body. An ultrasonic waveguide is inserted into the ultrasonic surgical handle body opposite the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end. The ultrasonic waveguide is rotated with respect to the ultrasonic transducer to fixedly couple the ultrasonic waveguide to the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer.