US 11,871,954 B2
Reusable ultrasonic transducer and generator assemblies, surgical instruments including the same, and methods of manufacturing the same
Weng-Kai K. Lee, Longmont, CO (US); Michael Clifton, Dacono, CO (US); James R. Fagan, Erie, CO (US); Titus Horton, Lyons, CO (US); Keith W. Malang, Longmont, CO (US); Kenneth E. Netzel, Loveland, CO (US); Daniel Simmons, Broomfield, CO (US); Christopher T. Tschudy, Arvada, CO (US); and David J. Van Tol, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on May 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/741,567.
Application 17/741,567 is a continuation of application No. 16/577,060, filed on Sep. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,331,115, issued on May 17, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/740,647, filed on Oct. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0265305 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/32 (2006.01); B29C 65/08 (2006.01); B29C 70/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/320068 (2013.01) [A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); B29C 65/08 (2013.01); B29C 70/68 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00402 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320075 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320094 (2017.08); B29L 2031/7546 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An ultrasonic transducer and generator (TAG) assembly configured to energize an ultrasonic blade, the TAG assembly comprising:
a generator assembly including:
a body portion;
a cover configured to attach to the body portion, the body portion and the cover cooperatively defining a first cavity when the cover is attached to the body portion; and
at least one generator component configured for receipt within the first cavity, wherein the at least one generator component is covered in a thermally insulative material; and
a transducer assembly including:
a proximal housing;
a spinner housing configured to attach to the proximal housing, the proximal housing and the spinner housing cooperatively defining a second cavity when the spinner housing is attached to the proximal housing; and
at least one transducer component configured for receipt within the second cavity.