Surgery – Instruments – Cutting – puncturing or piercing
Patent
1996-02-12
1999-12-21
Peffley, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Cutting, puncturing or piercing
606 1, 606205, 606142, 604 22, 2271801, A61B 1736
Patent
active
060043350
ABSTRACT:
A therapeutic ultrasonic instrument is provided for hemostatic cutting and/or cauterizing of tissue. A preferred embodiment provides an end effector which grasps tissue while a cutting element energized by ultrasonic energy is passed through the tissue to cut and cauterize the tissue while it is being held by the tissue grasping portion of the end effector. One embodiment further includes staples which are applied to the tissue as well.
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Cosentino Louis F.
Vaitekunas Jeffrey J.
VanZandt Richard
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.
Peffley Michael
Shay Bernard E.
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