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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2013
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory A. Trees, Loveland, OH (US);
Susan G. Arshonsky, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jonathan T. Batross, Mason, OH (US);
Chad P. Boudreaux, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Edward G. Chekan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Catherine A. Corbett, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Craig T. Davis, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Alex W. Kiturkes, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Terry A. McFarland, Burlington, KY (US);
David A. Monroe, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John M. Sarley, Mason, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
John B. Schulte, West Chester, OH (US);
Foster B. Stulen, Mason, OH (US);
Aaron C. Voegele, Loveland, OH (US);
William B. Weisenburgh, II, Maineville, OH (US);
Tamara Widenhouse, Clarksville, OH (US);
David A. Witt, Maineville, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Los Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A medical device includes an end effector configured to apply bipolar energy to target tissue along a working portion thereof and a fluid control system to control the flow of a fluid produced when the end effector applies the bipolar energy to heat the target tissue. The fluid control system includes a fluid path element defining a fluid path, a distal fluid port configured to intake the fluid adjacent to the working portion of an end effector for transport through the fluid path, and a proximal fluid port configured to intake the fluid transported through the fluid path and to exhaust the transported fluid.