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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2009
Kevin L. Houser, Springboro, OH (US);
Sarah A. Noschang, Mason, OH (US);
Steven Neuenfeldt, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Craig N. Faller, Milford, OH (US);
Jeffrey J. Vaitekunas, Lakeville, MN (US);
Kevin L. Houser, Springboro, OH (US);
Sarah A. Noschang, Mason, OH (US);
Steven Neuenfeldt, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Craig N. Faller, Milford, OH (US);
Jeffrey J. Vaitekunas, Lakeville, MN (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An ultrasonic-surgical-shears tissue pad has a tissue-pad body including a base material and at least one filler material. An alternate ultrasonic-surgical-shears tissue pad has a tissue-pad body having adjoining first and second regions, wherein the first region includes a first material and wherein the second region includes a second material. An ultrasonic surgical shears includes an ultrasonic surgical blade and a clamping arm which is operable to open and close toward the blade and which has a transversely and resiliently flexible distal tip. An alternate ultrasonic surgical shears includes an ultrasonic surgical blade, a clamping arm operable to open and close toward the blade, and a tissue pad attached to the clamping arm and having a clamping surface, wherein at least a portion of the tissue pad is resiliently flexible in a direction substantially perpendicular to the clamping surface.