Ultrasonic transducer to waveguide acoustic coupling, connections, and configurations

US10828056B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey D. Messerly · Cincinnati, US
• Benjamin D. Dickerson · Cincinnati, US
• Rafael J. Ruiz Ortiz · Mason, US
• Ryan M. Asher · Cincinnati, US
• Joseph Dennis · Wyoming, US
• Brian D. Black · Loveland, US
• Craig T. Davis · Cincinnati, US
• Mark E. Tebbe · Lebanon, US
• Ion V. Nicolaescu · San Clemente, US
• Frederick L. Estera · Cincinnati, US
• William A. Olson · Lancaster, US
• Amelia A. Pierce · Cincinnati, US
• James M. Wilson · Cincinnati, US
• William D. Dannaher · Cincinnati, US
• Fajian Zhang · Cincinnati, US
• Foster B. Stulen · Mason, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 17, 2017
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2020
• Expiry date: Feb 28, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/42
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Various ultrasonic instruments are disclosed. The ultrasonic instruments include an ultrasonic waveguide acoustically coupled to an ultrasonic transducer. Several techniques for acoustically coupling the ultrasonic transducer to the ultrasonic waveguide are disclosed.