公开(公告)号：US10470792B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-12

申请号：US15680495

申请日：2017-08-18

Applicant: ETHICON LLC

Inventor： Craig N. Faller ,  Elizabeth DeBenedictis ,  William D. Kelly ,  Michael R. Lamping ,  Timothy G. Dietz ,  Patrick A. Weizman ,  Jacob S. Gee ,  John B. Schulte ,  Tylor C. Muhlenkamp ,  Douglas J. Turner ,  Eric B. Smith ,  Sean P. Conlon ,  Richard W. Timm ,  Jeffrey D. Messerly ,  Brian D. Bertke

IPC: A61B17/32 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/28 ,  A61B17/29 ,  A61B90/00

Abstract: An apparatus includes a shaft assembly, an ultrasonic blade, and a clamp assembly. The shaft assembly includes an acoustic waveguide operable to transmit ultrasonic vibrations to the blade. The clamp assembly includes a clamp arm pivotable toward and away from the blade about a pivot axis, to clamp tissue between the clamp arm and the blade. A rotation feature may provide rotation of the blade relative to the clamp arm about the longitudinal axis of the waveguide. Alternatively, the rotation feature may provide rotation of the clamp arm relative to the blade about the longitudinal axis. The rotation feature may be driven based on pivotal positioning of the clamp arm relative to the blade about the pivot axis. The rotation feature may selectively lock and unlock the angular position of either the blade or the clamp arm about the longitudinal axis at any of a number of predetermined angular positions.

公开(公告)号：US11123095B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-21

申请号：US16398616

申请日：2019-04-30

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Sean P. Conlon ,  Ellen Burkart ,  Guion Y. Lucas

IPC: A61B17/32 ,  A61B18/14 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B18/00

Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade and a clamp arm movably coupled with the shaft assembly. The shaft assembly extends between the body and the end effector and includes an acoustic waveguide, a rotational driver, and a driver wrench. The rotational driver is configured to be received within the rotational drive channel and rotate the shaft assembly relative to the body. The acoustic waveguide includes a notch and the driver wrench includes a key, wherein the first notch of the acoustic waveguide is configured to receive the key.

公开(公告)号：US20200375626A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16919292

申请日：2020-07-02

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Matthew C. Miller ,  Sean P. Conlon ,  Michael E. Boehm ,  Richard W. Flaker ,  Bryce Hansen ,  Rafael J. Ruiz Ortiz

IPC: A61B17/32

Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a body, an ultrasonic supported by the body, a shaft extending distally from the body and defining a shaft axis, a waveguide extending distally through the shaft, and an end effector arranged at a distal end of the shaft. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade coupled to a distal end of the waveguide and having a primary blade treatment surface configured to treat tissue, and a clamp arm coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The shaft and the waveguide are selectively rotatable relative to one another about the shaft axis through a predefined range of angular motion between an assembly state and an operational state. In the assembly state, the clamp arm and the primary blade treatment surface are rotationally offset from one another. In the operational state, the clamp arm and the primary blade treatment surface are rotationally aligned.

公开(公告)号：US20200345880A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16398447

申请日：2019-04-30

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Stephen M. Leuck ,  Ellen Burkart ,  Diana M. Castillo Sanchez ,  Andrew W. Carroll ,  Sean P. Conlon ,  Rafael J. Ruiz Ortiz ,  Demetrius N. Harris ,  Patrick J. Minnelli

IPC: A61L2/28 ,  A61B17/32

Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a reusable assembly having an inner tube and an ultrasonic blade positioned within the inner tube. The inner tube includes at least one opening to receive a sterilization fluid therethrough for sterilizing the ultrasonic blade within the inner tube. The surgical instrument further includes a sterilization detection system to determine whether the reusable assembly has been sterilized during a sterilization cycle. A seal is selectively couplable with the at least one opening of the inner tube to fluidly seal the at least one opening for inhibiting bodily fluid from entering the at least one opening during a surgical procedure.

公开(公告)号：US20200229817A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-23

申请号：US16779752

申请日：2020-02-03

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Jeffrey L. Aldridge ,  Eitan T. Wiener ,  Robert A. Kemerling ,  James R. Giordano ,  Vincent P. Battaglia, JR. ,  Daniel W. Price ,  Sean P. Conlon ,  Gregory W. Johnson ,  Jeffrey D. Messerly ,  Shan Wan ,  Kevin L. Houser ,  Foster B. Stulen ,  Jacob S. Gee ,  Jeffrey A. Bullock ,  John A. Hibner ,  William B. Weisenburgh, II

IPC: A61B17/072 ,  H01R13/66 ,  A61B17/00 ,  H01M2/10 ,  A61B18/14

Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft, and an end effector. The shaft extends distally from the body. The end effector is located at a distal end of the shaft. The end effector includes an active feature configured to operate on tissue. The body includes a drive feature operable to drive the active feature of the end effector. The body is operable to selectively couple with a variety of power sources such that the drive feature may receive electrical power form a battery or from a corded power source, based on a user's preference. The body may include a handpiece that has a socket configured to receive a battery or cable adapter. The body may removably receive various kinds of shaft assemblies to provide various operating modalities. The shaft assemblies may include user interface features.

公开(公告)号：US10327797B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-25

申请号：US15270540

申请日：2016-09-20

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Sean P. Conlon ,  Ellen Gentry ,  Rafael J. Ruiz Ortiz ,  Matthew S. Corbin ,  Matthew C. Miller

IPC: A61B17/32 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/29 ,  A61B90/00

Abstract: An apparatus includes a body, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The shaft assembly includes an outer tube, a proximal inner tube member, a distal inner tube member, and an acoustic waveguide. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade and a clamp arm. A first portion of the clamp arm is pivotably coupled with a distal end of the outer tube. A second portion of the clamp arm is pivotably coupled with a distal end of the distal inner tube member. The outer tube is configured to removably couple with the body and the distal inner tube member is configured to removably couple with the proximal inner tube member such that the outer tube, the distal inner tube member, and the clamp arm are configured to removably couple with the body and the remainder of the shaft assembly and end effector as a unit.

公开(公告)号：US20180199957A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-19

申请号：US15832241

申请日：2017-12-05

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Galen C. Robertson ,  Richard W. Timm ,  Kevin L. Houser ,  Sean P. Conlon ,  Aron O. Zingman

IPC: A61B17/32 ,  A61N7/02 ,  A61N7/00 ,  A61B17/3207 ,  A61B18/00

CPC classification number: A61N7/00 ,  A61B17/320068 ,  A61B17/3207 ,  A61B17/320783 ,  A61B2017/32007 ,  A61B2017/320071 ,  A61B2017/320089 ,  A61B2018/00589 ,  A61N7/022

Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical instrument is disclosed. The ultrasonic surgical instrument may include: a housing, a motor assembly supported by the housing, a cutting blade, wherein a proximal end of the cutting blade is configured to be removably coupled to the motor assembly, an ultrasonic transducer assembly supported by the housing, an ultrasonic blade, wherein a proximal end of the ultrasonic blade is configured to be removably coupled to the ultrasonic transducer assembly, and an outer sheath configured to support the cutting blade and the ultrasonic blade, wherein a proximal end of the outer sheath is configured to be removably coupled to the housing.

公开(公告)号：US11547432B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-10

申请号：US16919292

申请日：2020-07-02

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Matthew C. Miller ,  Sean P. Conlon ,  Michael E. Boehm ,  Richard W. Flaker ,  Bryce Hansen ,  Rafael J. Ruiz Ortiz

IPC: A61B17/32 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/29

Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a body, an ultrasonic supported by the body, a shaft extending distally from the body and defining a shaft axis, a waveguide extending distally through the shaft, and an end effector arranged at a distal end of the shaft. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade coupled to a distal end of the waveguide and having a primary blade treatment surface configured to treat tissue, and a clamp arm coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The shaft and the waveguide are selectively rotatable relative to one another about the shaft axis through a predefined range of angular motion between an assembly state and an operational state. In the assembly state, the clamp arm and the primary blade treatment surface are rotationally offset from one another. In the operational state, the clamp arm and the primary blade treatment surface are rotationally aligned.

公开(公告)号：US20190290319A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-26

申请号：US16368969

申请日：2019-03-29

Applicant: Ethicon LLC

Inventor： Sean P. Conlon ,  Ellen Burkart ,  Rafael J. Ruiz Ortiz ,  Matthew S. Corbin ,  Matthew C. Miller

IPC: A61B17/32

Abstract: An apparatus includes a body, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The shaft assembly includes an outer tube, a proximal inner tube member, a distal inner tube member, and an acoustic waveguide. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade and a clamp arm. A first portion of the clamp arm is pivotably coupled with a distal end of the outer tube. A second portion of the clamp arm is pivotably coupled with a distal end of the distal inner tube member. The outer tube is configured to removably couple with the body and the distal inner tube member is configured to removably couple with the proximal inner tube member such that the outer tube, the distal inner tube member, and the clamp arm are configured to removably couple with the body and the remainder of the shaft assembly and end effector as a unit.

公开(公告)号：US20170312044A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-02

申请号：US15480546

申请日：2017-04-06

Applicant: ETHICON LLC

Inventor： Sean P. Conlon ,  Lucas B. Elmer ,  Andrew W. Carroll

IPC: A61B90/00 ,  A61B17/295 ,  A61B17/32 ,  A61B17/00

CPC classification number: A61B90/08 ,  A61B17/295 ,  A61B17/320068 ,  A61B17/320092 ,  A61B2017/00115 ,  A61B2017/00119 ,  A61B2017/00199 ,  A61B2017/00477 ,  A61B2017/00725 ,  A61B2018/00988 ,  A61B2090/0803 ,  A61B2090/0807 ,  A61B2560/028

Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a processing circuit, a user feedback feature, and a surgical instrument interface feature. The user feedback feature is in communication with the processing circuit. The surgical instrument interface feature includes a structural interface feature and an electrical interface feature. The structural interface feature is configured to fit in a portion of a body of a surgical instrument. The portion of the body of the surgical instrument is configured to receive an ultrasonic transducer. The electrical interface feature is in communication with the processing circuit and is configured to interface with a complementary electrical interface feature of the surgical instrument. The complementary electrical interface feature of the surgical instrument is configured to couple with an ultrasonic transducer. The processing circuit is configured to receive data relating to a number of uses of the surgical instrument via the electrical interface feature.