Cordless hand-held ultrasonic cautery cutting device
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1. An ultrasonic surgical assembly comprising:
- a removable shell housing a cordless ultrasonic transducer and having an outer surface with at least one electrically communicating contact for supplying power to the transducer; and
a handle body;
defining a battery-holding compartment therein;
having an ultrasonic surgical waveguide; and
operable to removably couple the transducer of the shell to the waveguide, the shell being removably couplable to the handle body and the transducer being operable to dynamically produce a resonant wave along the waveguide coupled thereto to thereby produce movement at a portion of the waveguide sufficient to at least one of cut and cauterize human tissue.
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Abstract
An ultrasonic surgical assembly includes a reusable cordless ultrasonic transducer and a disposable handle body that defines a battery-holding compartment therewithin, having an ultrasonic surgical waveguide, and operable to removably couple the transducer to the waveguide, the transducer being removably couplable to the handle body.
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1. An ultrasonic surgical assembly comprising:
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a removable shell housing a cordless ultrasonic transducer and having an outer surface with at least one electrically communicating contact for supplying power to the transducer; and a handle body; defining a battery-holding compartment therein; having an ultrasonic surgical waveguide; and operable to removably couple the transducer of the shell to the waveguide, the shell being removably couplable to the handle body and the transducer being operable to dynamically produce a resonant wave along the waveguide coupled thereto to thereby produce movement at a portion of the waveguide sufficient to at least one of cut and cauterize human tissue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An ultrasonic surgical assembly, comprising:
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an ultrasonic surgical waveguide; a removable shell housing a cordless ultrasonic transducer and having an outer surface with at least one electrically communicating contact for supplying power to the transducer; a battery electrically coupled to the at least one electrically communicating contact and operable to supply power thereto; and a handle body operable to removably couple the waveguide and the transducer of the shell thereto, the shell being separable from the handle body and the transducer being operable to dynamically produce a resonant wave along the waveguide coupled thereto to thereby produce movement at a portion of the waveguide sufficient to at least one of cut and cauterize human tissue, the battery being one of integral with the handle body and removable from the handle body. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. An ultrasonic surgical assembly, comprising:
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an ultrasonic waveguide having a proximal couple part; a removable shell housing substantially all of a cordless ultrasonic transducer, the ultrasonic transducer having a distal couple part operable to removably couple to the proximal couple part, the shell having an outer surface with at least one electrically communicating contact for supplying power to the transducer; a battery electrically coupled to the at least one electrically communicating contact and operable to supply power thereto; and a handle body defining a battery-holding compartment shaped to removably receive the battery therein and having; a transducer dock exposed to the environment and shaped to interchangeably hold the shell thereat; a waveguide attachment dock shaped to align and attach the distal and proximal couple parts together and thereby hold the waveguide and the transducer at the handle body when the waveguide is docked in the attachment dock; and a driving-wave generation circuit at the handle body and electrically contacting the battery and the transducer, the generation circuit operable to dynamically produce a resonant wave along the waveguide to thereby cause ultrasonic movement in the waveguide through the transducer when the transducer is coupled to the waveguide. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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