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Patent No.:

US 9913655 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2013

Surgical instrument with active element and suction cage

Applicant:

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventors:

Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US);

Edward G. Chekan, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Chad P. Boudreaux, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);

Tamara S. Vetro Widenhouse, Clarksville, OH (US);

Assignee:

Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);

Attorney:

Frost Brown Todd LLC

Primary Examiner:

Katrina Stransky

Assistant Examiner:

Kankindi Rwego

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 17/22004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/32008 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320072 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320076 (2013.01);
Abstract

A surgical system comprises an end effector for operating on tissue and a screen positioned around the end effector. The screen is fluidly coupled with a suction source by a conduit such as a tube. The screen is configured to communicate suction through the screen while preventing tissue from contacting the end effector. The screen is further configured to retract proximally relative to the end effector to thereby expose the end effector.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Scheib, Charles. (2018). Surgical instrument with active element and suction cage (U.S. Patent No. 9913655). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9913655

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