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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard W. Timm, 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);
Craig T. Davis, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Emron J. Henry, Cincinnati, OH (US);
James W. Voegele, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory W. Johnson, Milford, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
Switch assemblies for handheld ultrasonic surgical instruments. The switch assemblies may include a first switch arrangement that is operably supported on a forward portion of a handle housing of the surgical instrument and is selectively movable relative to at least one first switch contact. The switch assembles may further include a second switch arrangement that comprises at least one of a right switch button that is movably supported on a right side of the handle housing relative to at least one right contact and a left switch button that is movably supported on a left side of the handle housing that is selectively movable relative to at least one left contact.