Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Coupling arrangements and methods for attaching tools to ultrasonic surgical instruments
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Application No.: US12469293Application Date: 2009-05-20
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Publication No.: US09700339B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Scott A. Nield
- Applicant: Scott A. Nield
- Applicant Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Main IPC: A61B17/32
- IPC: A61B17/32 ; A61B17/00
Abstract:
An ultrasonic surgical instrument that has a waveguide that protrudes distally from the handpiece and a surgical tool that is configured to be coupled to the waveguide. The waveguide may have a distal end that is sized to be inserted into a cavity in a proximal end of the surgical tool and then selectively expanded to retain the distal end within the cavity to couple the surgical tool to the waveguide.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100298851A1 COUPLING ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR ATTACHING TOOLS TO ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Public/Granted day:2010-11-25
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