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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventor:
Nikolay Kharin, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0078 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrosurgical instrument for sealing and cutting tissue is provided. The instrument includes a housing having a plurality of transducers included therein and a waveguide coupled to and extending from the housing. An end effector assembly disposed at a distal end of the waveguide includes a pair of opposing jaw members, where at least one of the jaw members includes a transducer. The transducer is configured to receive an acoustic signal from the plurality of transducers in the housing.