Method of Assembling a Cordless Hand-Held Ultrasonic Cautery Cutting Device
First Claim
1. A method for assembling an ultrasonic surgical device, the method comprising:
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removably coupling an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to an ultrasonic surgical handle body; and
removably inserting an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of a rotatably free ultrasonic transducer into the ultrasonic surgical handle body;
inserting an ultrasonic waveguide into the ultrasonic surgical handle body opposite the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end; and
rotating the ultrasonic waveguide with respect to the ultrasonic transducer to fixedly couple the ultrasonic waveguide to the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer.
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Abstract
A method for assembling an ultrasonic surgical assembly includes the steps of substantially simultaneously removably coupling an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to an ultrasonic surgical handle body and removably inserting an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of a rotatably free ultrasonic transducer into the ultrasonic surgical handle body. An ultrasonic waveguide is inserted into the ultrasonic surgical handle body opposite the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end. The ultrasonic waveguide is rotated with respect to the ultrasonic transducer to fixedly couple the ultrasonic waveguide to the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for assembling an ultrasonic surgical device, the method comprising:
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substantially simultaneously; removably coupling an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to an ultrasonic surgical handle body; and removably inserting an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of a rotatably free ultrasonic transducer into the ultrasonic surgical handle body; inserting an ultrasonic waveguide into the ultrasonic surgical handle body opposite the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end; and rotating the ultrasonic waveguide with respect to the ultrasonic transducer to fixedly couple the ultrasonic waveguide to the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for assembling an ultrasonic surgical assembly, the method comprising:
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providing an ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly including; a shell; an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit housed within the shell; and an ultrasonic transducer having an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end housed within the shell and a proximal end exposed out from the shell; providing an ultrasonic waveguide; providing a handle body having; an ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly dock exposed to the environment and shaped to selectively removably couple the shell to the handle body; an ultrasonic transducer attachment dock exposed to the environment and shaped to selectively removably receive the ultrasonic transducer at the handle body; and a waveguide attachment dock exposed to the environment and shaped to selectively removably couple the ultrasonic waveguide to the ultrasonic transducer when the shell is coupled to the ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly dock; substantially simultaneously; electrically coupling the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to the ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly dock; and inserting the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer into the ultrasonic transducer attachment dock; inserting the ultrasonic waveguide into the waveguide attachment dock; and rotating the ultrasonic waveguide with respect to the proximal end to fixedly couple the ultrasonic waveguide to the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for assembling and using an ultrasonic surgical assembly, the method comprising:
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providing an ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly including; an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit; and an ultrasonic transducer with an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end and a proximal end; providing an ultrasonic waveguide; providing a handle body having; an ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly dock exposed to the environment and shaped to selectively removably secure the ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly to the handle body; an ultrasonic transducer dock exposed to the environment and shaped to accept the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer when the ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly is secured to the ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly dock; and a waveguide attachment dock exposed to the environment and shaped to place the ultrasonic waveguide in alignment with the ultrasonic transducer when the ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly is secured to the ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly dock; substantially simultaneously; inserting the ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly into the ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly dock; and inserting the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer into the ultrasonic transducer dock, to leave the proximal end of the ultrasonic transducer exposed in the environment; inserting the ultrasonic waveguide into the waveguide attachment dock; and fixedly coupling the ultrasonic waveguide to the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer by rotating one of the ultrasonic waveguide and the ultrasonic transducer with respect to the other. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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