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US 2015/0088127 A1Published application
Aseptic bag to encapsulate an energy source of a surgical instrument
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsJASON L. CRAIG, NICOLAS F. ROUSSEAU
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Abstract
A surgical system includes a surgical instrument, a battery assembly, and an aseptic bag. The battery assembly is configured to removably couple to the surgical instrument. The aseptic bag is sized and configured to encapsulate and seal the battery assembly within an inner chamber. The aseptic bag can cooperate with a fixed handle of the surgical instrument to encapsulate and seal the battery assembly within the aseptic bag. The aseptic bag may additionally or alternatively encapsulate a generator of the surgical system.
Claims19
A surgical system comprising:
- a surgical instrument;
- a battery assembly configured to deliver energy to the surgical instrument, the battery assembly removably engagable with the surgical instrument;
- an aseptic bag including an open end and an inner chamber, the battery assembly positionable within the inner chamber, and
- a sealing member in contact with the aseptic bag and the housing of the surgical instrument to seal the open end of the aseptic bag to encapsulate the battery assembly within the inner chamber while permitting energy delivery from the battery assembly to the surgical instrument.
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A surgical system comprising:
- a surgical instrument having first electrical contacts;
- an energy source having second electrical contacts configured to electrically couple to the first electrical contacts to deliver energy to the surgical instrument, the energy source removably engagable with the surgical instrument;
- an aseptic bag including an open end and an inner chamber, the energy source positionable within the inner chamber, and
- a sealing member affixed to the aseptic bag and configured to seal the open end of the aseptic bag to encapsulate the energy source within the inner chamber while permitting energy delivery via the first and second electrical contacts.
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A surgical system comprising:
- a surgical instrument defining an attachment portion and having first electrical contacts adjacent the attachment portion;
- an energy source removably engagable with the attachment portion of the surgical instrument, the energy source having second electrical contacts configured to electrically couple to the first electrical contacts upon engagement of the energy source to the attachment portion of the surgical instrument, the energy source configured to deliver energy to the surgical device through the first and second electrical contacts;
- an aseptic bag including a first open end, a second open end, and an inner chamber defined between the first and second open ends, the first open end coupled to the surgical instrument adjacent the attachment portion, the energy source insertable through the second open end of the aseptic bag for positioning within the inner chamber and engagable with the attachment portion of the surgical instrument, and
- a sealing member affixed to the aseptic bag and configured to seal the second open end of the aseptic bag to encapsulate the energy source within the inner chamber of the aseptic bag when the energy source is engaged with the attachment portion of the surgical instrument.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.