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Patent No.:

US 9241731 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013

Rotatable electrical connection for ultrasonic surgical instruments

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Chad P. Boudreaux, Cincinnati, OH (US);

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

Jeffery T. Kirk, Liberty Township, OH (US);

Jose Domingo Vasquez, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Timothy G. Dietz, Wayne, PA (US);

Richard C. Smith, Milford, OH (US);

Ryan M. Asher, Cincinnati, OH (US);

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

Richard W. Timm, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Craig T. Davis, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Ryan Severson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0003 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00026 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00132 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00176 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01);
Abstract

A connector module for an ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a housing having a spindle and a coupling rotatably mounted on the spindle. A first conductor is mechanically coupled to the housing. A first link is rotatable relative to the first conductor between a first position and a second position and includes a first contact positioned to electrically contact the first conductor and a second contact electrically coupled to the first contact and positioned to electrically contact an ultrasonic hand piece.

Published as:
CA2869903A1; WO2013154923A2; US2013289591A1; WO2013154923A3; AU2013246235A1; KR20150003292A; CN104363843A; EP2836144A2; MX2014012240A; JP2015513990A; US9241731B2; RU2014145014A; CN104363843B; BR112014025085A2; AU2013246235B2; MX350314B; JP6271508B2; KR102138543B1; EP2836144B1; BR112014025085B1;

Find Patent Forward Citations

Boudreaux, Chad. (2016). Rotatable electrical connection for ultrasonic surgical instruments (U.S. Patent No. 9241731). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9241731

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