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Limited-use surgical devices

US9566109B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

23References

5Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Covidien LP · US

Inventors

Keir Hart · Lafayette, US
Jeffrey R. Townsend · Loveland, US
Weng-Kai K. Lee · Longmont, US
Prakash Manley · Lafayette, US
Geneva Ladtkow · Arvada, US
Arlen J. Reschke · Longmont, US
Diana Gunnarson · Longmont, US
Scott N. Lacosta · Lafayette, US
Kelley D. Goodman · Erie, US
Kenneth E. Netzel · Loveland, US
Susan Hiebert · Lyons, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 22, 2014
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 24, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/0814
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system includes an energy source and a surgical device. The energy source has a receptacle configured to delivery energy to the surgical device through a receptacle. The surgical device is configured to deliver the energy to tissue. The surgical device includes a plug selectively engagable to the receptacle to couple the surgical device to the energy source. The plug includes a prong configured to mechanically transition from a condition permitting engagement of the plug and the receptacle to another condition inhibiting engagement of the plug with the receptacle upon reaching a predetermined usage threshold.

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