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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2014
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Keir Hart, Lafayette, CO (US);
Jeffrey R. Townsend, Loveland, CO (US);
Weng-Kai K. Lee, Longmont, CO (US);
Prakash Manley, Lafayette, CO (US);
Geneva Ladtkow, Arvada, CO (US);
Arlen J. Reschke, Longmont, CO (US);
Diana Gunnarson, Longmont, CO (US);
Scott N. Lacosta, Lafayette, CO (US);
Kelley D. Goodman, Erie, CO (US);
Kenneth E. Netzel, Loveland, CO (US);
Susan Hiebert, Lyons, CO (US);
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A system includes an energy source and a surgical device. The energy source has a receptacle configured to delivery energy to the surgical device through a receptacle. The surgical device is configured to deliver the energy to tissue. The surgical device includes a plug selectively engagable to the receptacle to couple the surgical device to the energy source. The plug includes a prong configured to mechanically transition from a condition permitting engagement of the plug and the receptacle to another condition inhibiting engagement of the plug with the receptacle upon reaching a predetermined usage threshold.