LIMITED-USE SURGICAL DEVICES

LIMITED-USE SURGICAL DEVICES

A system includes an energy source and a surgical device. The energy source has a receptacle configured to delivery energy to the surgical device through a receptacle. The surgical device is configured to deliver the energy to tissue. The surgical device includes a plug selectively engagable to the...

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Hauptverfasser: RESCHKE ARLEN J, TOWNSEND JEFFREY R, GUNNARSON DIANA, LACOSTA SCOTT N, MANLEY PRAKASH, LADTKOW GENEVA, NETZEL KENNETH E, GOODMAN KELLEY D, HIEBERT SUSAN, HART KEIR, LEE WENG-KAI K
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:A system includes an energy source and a surgical device. The energy source has a receptacle configured to delivery energy to the surgical device through a receptacle. The surgical device is configured to deliver the energy to tissue. The surgical device includes a plug selectively engagable to the receptacle to couple the surgical device to the energy source. The plug includes a prong configured to mechanically transition from a condition permitting engagement of the plug and the receptacle to another condition inhibiting engagement of the plug with the receptacle upon reaching a predetermined usage threshold.