Tissue loading of a surgical instrument

JD Messerly, WE Clem, JA Weed III, E Stout… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
Various ultrasonic instruments are disclosed. The ultrasonic instruments include structures
configured to indicate the cutting length of the instruments, detect when grasped tissue has …

Ultrasonic transducer techniques for ultrasonic surgical instrument

JD Messerly, BD Black, WA Olson, F Estera… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
A method of fabricating an ultrasonic medical device is presented. The method includes
machining a surgical tool from a flat metal stock, contacting a face of a first transducer with a …

Ultrasonic surgical instruments having offset blades

JD Messerly, CG Kimball, WE Clem… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
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Ultrasonic surgical blade for use with ultrasonic surgical instruments

JS Gee, AL Marcotte, JA Weed III - US Patent 11,020,140, 2021 - Google Patents
A surgical instrument includes an ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonic transmission
waveguide extending from the ultrasonic transducer, and an ultrasonic blade acoustically …

Ultrasonic surgical blades

DA Witt, JD Messerly, KL Houser - US Patent 10,888,347, 2021 - Google Patents
An ultrasonic surgical blade includes a body having a proximal end, a distal end, and an
outer surface. The distal end is movable relative to a longitudinal axis in accordance with …

Ultrasonic surgical blades

DA Witt, JD Messerly, KL Houser - US Patent 10,463,887, 2019 - Google Patents
An ultrasonic surgical blade includes a body having a proximal end, a distal end, and an
outer surface. The distal end is movable relative to a longitudinal axis in accordance with …

Ultrasonic surgical blades

DA Witt, JD Messerly, KL Houser - US Patent 10,433,865, 2019 - Google Patents
An ultrasonic surgical instrument including a wavequide extending along a longitudinal axis
and an ultrasonic blade is disclosed. The ultrasonic blade includes a proximal end coupled …

Ultrasonic surgical instrument blades

GC Robertson - US Patent 10,441,308, 2019 - Google Patents
A surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a transducer, a
waveguide coupled to the transducer and defining a longitudinal axis, a tube comprising an …

Temperature controlled ultrasonic surgical instruments

KL Houser - US Patent 11,058,447, 2021 - Google Patents
A surgical instrument includes a transducer configured to produce vibrations at a
predetermined frequency. An ultrasonic end effector extends along a longitudinal axis and is …

Coupling arrangements and methods for attaching tools to ultrasonic surgical instruments

SA Nield - US Patent 10,709,906, 2020 - Google Patents
An ultrasonic surgical instrument is disclosed including an ultrasonic transducer, an
ultrasonic end effector comprising a proximal end formed of a first material having a first …