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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
May. 20, 2009
Applicant:
Scott A. Nield, Hamilton, OH (US);
Inventor:
Scott A. Nield, Hamilton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320072 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasonic surgical instrument that has a waveguide that protrudes distally from the handpiece and a surgical tool that is configured to be coupled to the waveguide. The waveguide may have a distal end that is sized to be inserted into a cavity in a proximal end of the surgical tool and then selectively expanded to retain the distal end within the cavity to couple the surgical tool to the waveguide.