Surgical generator for ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices

US8951248B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey D. Messerly · Cincinnati, US
• Daniel J. Abbott · Loveland, US
• Jeffrey L. Aldridge · Lebanon, US
• Eitan T. Wiener · Cincinnati, US
• Matthew C. Miller · Cincinnati, US
• Aaron C. Voegele · Loveland, US
• Daniel W. Price · Loveland, US
• Robert L. Koch, Jr. · Cincinnati, US
• Mark E. Tebbe · Lebanon, US
• William E. Clem · Bozeman, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 1, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 10, 2015
• Expiry date: Sep 8, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R2201/12
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A surgical generator for providing a drive signal to a surgical device may have a receptacle assembly having a receptacle body, a flange and a central protruding portion. The outer periphery of the central protruding portion may have at least one curved section and at least one linear section. Additionally, a surgical instrument may comprise an electrical connector assembly having a flange. The flange may comprise at least one curved section and at least one linear section. In some embodiments, A surgical instrument system may comprise a surgical generator, a surgical instrument comprising a connector assembly, and an adapter assembly operatively coupled to the receptacle assembly and the connector assembly.