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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2010
Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel J. Abbott, Loveland, OH (US);
Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Lebanon, OH (US);
Eitan T. Wiener, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Matthew C. Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Aaron C. Voegele, Loveland, OH (US);
Daniel W. Price, Loveland, OH (US);
Robert L. Koch, Jr., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark E. Tebbe, Lebanon, OH (US);
William E. Clem, Boseman, MT (US);
Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel J. Abbott, Loveland, OH (US);
Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Lebanon, OH (US);
Eitan T. Wiener, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Matthew C. Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Aaron C. Voegele, Loveland, OH (US);
Daniel W. Price, Loveland, OH (US);
Robert L. Koch, Jr., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark E. Tebbe, Lebanon, OH (US);
William E. Clem, Boseman, MT (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A surgical generator for providing a drive signal to a surgical device may have a receptacle assembly having a receptacle body, a flange and a central protruding portion. The outer periphery of the central protruding portion may have at least one curved section and at least one linear section. Additionally, a surgical instrument may comprise an electrical connector assembly having a flange. The flange may comprise at least one curved section and at least one linear section. In some embodiments, A surgical instrument system may comprise a surgical generator, a surgical instrument comprising a connector assembly, and an adapter assembly operatively coupled to the receptacle assembly and the connector assembly.