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AssigneeStryker Sustainability Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJason Seiger, Brooke McDonald, Nicholas Ferentheil, Nathan Butters, Charles A. Forker, Sachin Jain
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A method of reprocessing a surgical instrument that includes a handpiece having opposed shells secured together with a fastener, a shroud secured to the handpiece and overlaying the fastener and a portion of the handpiece, an outer shaft extending from the shroud and defining a cutting window, and a cutting shaft movable within the outer shaft and including a cutting tip for resecting tissue within the cutting window is disclosed. The method includes mutilating the shroud so as to remove the shroud from the handpiece, removing the fastener, separating the opposed shells to access an interior of the handpiece, servicing or replacing at least one component within the interior of the handpiece, securing the opposed shells to one another with the fastener or another fastener, and securing a replacement shroud to the handpiece.
A method of reprocessing a surgical instrument including a handpiece having opposed shells secured together with a fastener, a shroud secured to the handpiece and overlaying the fastener and a portion of the handpiece, an outer shaft extending from the shroud and defining a cutting window, and a cutting shaft movable within the outer shaft and including a cutting tip for resecting tissue within the cutting window, said method comprising:
A method of reprocessing a surgical instrument including a handpiece having opposed shells, and a shroud secured to the handpiece and overlaying a portion of each of the opposed shells, said method comprising:
A method of replacing a shroud of a surgical instrument, the instrument including a handpiece having opposing shells and the shroud overlaying a portion of each of the opposed shells, said method comprising:
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