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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 01, 2010
Applicants:

Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Eitan T. Wiener, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Brian T. Noyes, Mason, OH (US);

Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Lebanon, OH (US);

James R. Giordano, Milford, OH (US);

Daniel J. Abbott, Loveland, OH (US);

Matthew C. Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Nathan J. Price, Dunlap, IL (US);

Daniel W. Price, Loveland, OH (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Eitan T. Wiener, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Brian T. Noyes, Mason, OH (US);

Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Lebanon, OH (US);

James R. Giordano, Milford, OH (US);

Daniel J. Abbott, Loveland, OH (US);

Matthew C. Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Nathan J. Price, Dunlap, IL (US);

Daniel W. Price, Loveland, OH (US);

Assignee:

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/09 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/053 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); B06B 1/0284 (2013.01); A61B 5/053 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00176 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00303 (2013.01); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments are directed to an apparatus and method of driving an end effector coupled to an ultrasonic drive system of a surgical instrument. The method comprises generating at least one electrical signal. The at least one electrical signal is monitored against a first set of logic conditions.

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US2011082486A1; WO2012044600A2; US2012310262A1; US2012310263A1; US2012310264A1; WO2012044600A3; AU2011307332A1; CA2813385A1; CN103237512A; EP2621377A2; US8546996B2; JP2013541987A; US8749116B2; US2015182251A1; US9072539B2; US2015196318A1; US9089360B2; US2015327883A1; US2015328484A1; AU2011307332B2; US9504855B2; US2017095267A1; CN103237512B; US9795808B2; US10022567B2; US10022568B2; US10335614B2; CA2813385C; US2020078609A1; EP2621377B1; EP3861944A1; EP3861944B1; EP3861944C0; US11890491B2; PL3861944T3;

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