US 12,465,454 B2
Methods of reprocessing a surgical instrument and corresponding reprocessed surgical instruments
Jason Seiger, Gilbert, AZ (US); Nathan Butters, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Nicholas Ferentheil, Gilbert, AZ (US)
Assigned to STRYKER SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS, INC., Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed by STRYKER SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS, INC., Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/836,589.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/208,666, filed on Jun. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0395351 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 90/70 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/70 (2016.02) [A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A method of reprocessing a surgical instrument comprising a housing defining a cavity and at least one interior component disposed within the cavity, the method comprising the steps of:
opening the housing along a seam to access the cavity;
servicing the at least one interior component;
applying a pre-formed mating member to the housing;
joining together the housing with the pre-formed mating member; and
reopening the housing along the seam to access the cavity.