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:
- rotatably freely connecting an ultrasonic waveguide to an ultrasonic surgical handle body, the ultrasonic waveguide having a proximal coupling end;
substantially simultaneously;
removably coupling an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to the ultrasonic surgical handle body; and
removably inserting an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of a rotatably free, cordless ultrasonic transducer into the ultrasonic surgical handle body opposite the proximal coupling end of the ultrasonic waveguide, the ultrasonic transducer being operable to dynamically produce a resonant wave along the ultrasonic waveguide when coupled thereto; 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 device includes the steps of rotatably freely connecting an ultrasonic waveguide to an ultrasonic surgical handle body, the ultrasonic waveguide having a proximal coupling end, substantially simultaneously removably coupling an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to the ultrasonic surgical handle body and removably inserting an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of a cordless, rotatably free ultrasonic transducer into the ultrasonic surgical handle body opposite the proximal coupling end of the ultrasonic waveguide, 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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1. A method for assembling an ultrasonic surgical device, the method comprising:
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rotatably freely connecting an ultrasonic waveguide to an ultrasonic surgical handle body, the ultrasonic waveguide having a proximal coupling end; substantially simultaneously; removably coupling an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to the ultrasonic surgical handle body; and removably inserting an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of a rotatably free, cordless ultrasonic transducer into the ultrasonic surgical handle body opposite the proximal coupling end of the ultrasonic waveguide, the ultrasonic transducer being operable to dynamically produce a resonant wave along the ultrasonic waveguide when coupled thereto; 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, 10)
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11. A method for assembling an ultrasonic surgical assembly, the method comprising:
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providing an ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly with; an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit; and a cordless ultrasonic transducer having an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end and a proximal end; providing an ultrasonic waveguide; providing a handle body with; an ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly dock shaped to selectively removably secure the ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly to the handle body; an ultrasonic transducer dock 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 rotatably freely connecting the ultrasonic waveguide thereto and placing 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 while the proximal end of the ultrasonic transducer is exposed to the environment; and removably 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, the ultrasonic transducer being operable to dynamically produce a resonant wave along the ultrasonic waveguide when coupled thereto. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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