Integrated systems for electrosurgical steam or smoke control

US9861428B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Gregory A. Trees · Loveland, US
• Susan G. Arshonsky · Cincinnati, US
• Jonathan T. Batross · Mason, US
• Chad P. Boudreaux · Cincinnati, US
• Edward G. Chekan · Cincinnati, US
• Catherine A. Corbett · Cincinnati, US
• Craig T. Davis · Cincinnati, US
• Alex W. Kiturkes · Bound Brook, US
• Terry A. McFarland · Burlington, US
• David A. Monroe · Milford, US
• John M. Sarley · Mason, US
• Frederick E. Shelton, IV · Hillsboro, US
• John B. Schulte · Sharonville, US
• Foster B. Stulen · Mason, US
• Aaron C. Voegele · Loveland, US
• William B. Weisenburgh, II · Maineville, US
• Tamara Widenhouse · Clarksville, US
• David A. Witt · Maineville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 30, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2218/008
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical device includes an end effector configured to apply bipolar energy to target tissue along a working portion thereof and a fluid control system to control the flow of a fluid produced when the end effector applies the bipolar energy to heat the target tissue. The fluid control system includes a fluid path element defining a fluid path, a distal fluid port configured to intake the fluid adjacent to the working portion of an end effector for transport through the fluid path, and a proximal fluid port configured to intake the fluid transported through the fluid path and to exhaust the transported fluid.