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Devices and techniques for cutting and coagulating tissue

US8546996B2 · kind B2 · utility

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444References

21Claims

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Assignee

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jeffrey D. Messerly · Cincinnati, US
Eitan T. Wiener · Cincinnati, US
Brian T. Noyes · Mason, US
Jeffrey L. Aldridge · Lebanon, US
James R. Giordano · Milford, US
Robert J. Beetel · Sunnyvale, US
Daniel J. Abbott · Loveland, US
Foster B. Stulen · Mason, US
Matthew C. Miller · Cincinnati, US
Nathan J. Price · Dunlap, US
Daniel W. Price · Loveland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 14, 2012
Grant date	Oct 1, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 14, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB06B2201/76
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Various embodiments are directed to an apparatus and method of driving an end effector coupled to an ultrasonic drive system of a surgical instrument. The method comprises generating at least one electrical signal. The at least one electrical signal is monitored against a first set of logic conditions.

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