Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thermal mechanism to prevent reprocessing or reuse of mechanical surgical devices
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Application No.: US15680270Application Date: 2017-08-18
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Publication No.: US10555725B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: William F. Kratoska
- Applicant: GYRUS ACMI, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MA Southborough
- Assignee: Gyrus Acmi, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Gyrus Acmi, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Southborough
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B17/00
- IPC: A61B17/00
Abstract:
A surgical apparatus comprising: a mechanism that is configured to perform an operational motion of the surgical apparatus; and at least one transformation member having an original shape and a deformed shape, the at least one transformation member connecting the mechanism together, when the at least one transformation member is in the deformed shape so that the mechanism is capable of performing the operational motion; and wherein after the transformation member is subject a transition temperature, the at least one transformation member changes from the deformed shape to the original shape and disengages a portion of the mechanism so that the mechanism is prevented from performing the operational motion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180085100A1 THERMAL MECHANISM TO PREVENT REPROCESSING OR REUSE OF MECHANICAL SURGICAL DEVICES Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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