Ultrasonic surgical blade having transverse and longitudinal vibration
CA 2557658 C · Owner: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · Inventors: Gallagher, Laura A.; Beaupre, Jean M.; Houser, Kevin L.
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An ultrasonic surgical blade includes an ultrasonic-surgical-blade body having a longitudinal axis, a distal tip, a proximal end adapted for longitudinal ultrasonic vibrational excitation, a most-distal longitudinal vibration node a treatment portion extending from the distal tip toward the most-distal longitudinal vibration node, and a functional asymmetry. The functional asymmetry is asymmetric about the longitudinal axis and translates longitudinal ultrasonic vibrational movement of the proximal end into a combination of a longitudinal ultrasonic vibration and a transverse ultrasonic vibration in at least some of the treatment portion of the ultrasonic-surgicalblade body. An …
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- Filed February 25, 2005 and granted May 14, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 25, 2025.
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