US 12,433,629 B2
Ultrasonic surgical instrument and method for manufacturing same
Dan Voic, Cedar Grove, NJ (US); and Scott Isola, Deer Park, NY (US)
Assigned to Misonix, LLC, Farmingdale, NY (US)
Filed by MISONIX, LLC, Farmingdale, NY (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/092,563.
Application 16/540,532 is a division of application No. 15/147,323, filed on May 5, 2016, granted, now 10,405,875, issued on Sep. 10, 2019.
Application 18/092,563 is a continuation of application No. 16/540,532, filed on Aug. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,540,853, issued on Jan. 3, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0144990 A1, May 11, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/32 (2006.01); B23P 15/28 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/320068 (2013.01) [B23P 15/28 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320069 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320072 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320074 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320075 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320077 (2017.08); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. An ultrasonic surgical instrument, comprising:
a cylindrical shaft having a longitudinal axis, the cylindrical shaft including a channel extending from a proximal end to a distal end thereof; and
a blade with a flat or planar blade body that is unitary and continuous with the distal end of the cylindrical shaft, the flat or planar blade body having two major lateral surfaces parallel to one another, the flat or planar blade body including, in at least one of the two major lateral surfaces, a longitudinal groove that is continuous with the channel.