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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2015
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Galen C. Robertson, Apex, NC (US);
Richard W. Timm, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin L. Houser, Springboro, OH (US);
Sean P. Conlon, Loveland, CO (US);
Aron O. Zingman, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ethicon LLC, Los Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
In one general aspect, various embodiments are directed to an ultrasonic surgical instrument that has a cutting blade coupled to a motor and an ultrasonic blade coupled to an ultrasonic transducer. In some embodiments, the cutting blade includes a longitudinally extending lumen and the ultrasonic blade is disposed within the longitudinally extending lumen of the cutting blade. In other embodiments, the ultrasonic blade includes a longitudinally extending lumen and the cutting blade is disposed within the longitudinally extending lumen of the ultrasonic blade. In yet other embodiments, the ultrasonic blade is substantially parallel to the cutting blade.