Surgical stapling device
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsJoseph T. Eisinger, David E. Valentine
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Abstract
A reusable surgical device includes a housing or body that supports one or more thermal energy storage members that retain or store heat during a cleaning and sterilization process. The stored heat functions to evaporate water that remains within the body or housing of the surgical device after the cleaning and sterilization process is completed to minimize any likelihood of infection of a patient or damage to electronics within the surgical device that may result or occur due to the presence of the water within the surgical device.
Claims20
An adapter assembly for a surgical device comprising:
- an elongate body having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the distal portion adapted to releasably engage a reload assembly;
- a hub supported on the proximal portion of the elongate body, the hub adapted to releasably engage a handle assembly;
- a rotation knob rotatably fixed to the elongate body and rotatably supported about the hub, the rotation knob being rotatable to rotate the elongate body in relation to the hub;
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- at least one thermal energy storage member supported within the rotation knob, the at least one thermal member having a high heat capacity.
A surgical stapling device comprising:
- a handle assembly;
- an adapter assembly releasably coupled to the handle assembly, the adapter assembly including:
- an elongate body having a proximal portion and a distal portion;
- a hub supported on the proximal portion of the elongate body, the hub releasably engaged with the handle assembly;
- a rotation knob rotatably fixed to the elongate body and rotatably supported about the hub, the rotation knob being rotatable to rotate the elongate body in relation to the hub;
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- at least one thermal energy storage member supported within the rotation knob, the at least one thermal member having a high heat capacity;
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- a reload assembly releasably coupled to the distal portion of the elongate body.
A surgical device comprising:
- a handle assembly;
- a housing having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the proximal portion being releasably coupled to the handle assembly;
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- at least one thermal energy storage member supported by the housing, the at least one thermal member having a high heat capacity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.