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US 8,603,089 B2Granted
Surgical instrument including inductively coupled accessory
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorFrank J. Viola
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Abstract
A surgical instrument system includes a surgical instrument, a power supply, and an accessory. The surgical instrument has a first induction device positioned therein. The accessory is selectively operably couplable to the surgical instrument. The accessory includes a second induction device that is inductively coupled with the first induction device when the accessory is operably coupled to the surgical instrument such that the power supply provides power to the accessory.
Claims20
A surgical instrument system, comprising:
- a surgical instrument having a first induction device positioned therein and including a shaft;
- a power supply electrically coupled to the first induction device;
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- an accessory selectively operably couplable to the surgical instrument, the accessory including a housing that defines a channel therethrough, the channel configured to accommodate at least a portion of the shaft of the surgical instrument for mounting the accessory on the shaft of the surgical instrument, the accessory including a second induction device that is inductively coupled with the first induction device when the accessory is operably coupled to the surgical instrument such that the power supply provides power to the accessory.
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A surgical instrument system, comprising:
- a surgical instrument having a first induction device positioned therein;
- a power supply electrically coupled to the first induction device;
- an accessory selectively operably couplable to the surgical instrument, the accessory including a second induction device that is inductively coupled with the first induction device when the accessory is operably coupled to the surgical instrument such that the power supply provides power to the accessory;
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- an instrument power supply electrically coupled to the surgical instrument.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.