Steven J Butcher

US Patent:

20130190759, Jul 25, 2013

Filed:

Jan 25, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/358049

Inventors:

Luke Waaler - Longmont CO, US
Duane E. Kerr - Loveland CO, US
Diana Gunnarson - Longmont CO, US
Robert B. Stoddard - Steamboat Springs CO, US
Sean T. O'Neill - Campbell CA, US
Steven E. Butcher - Berthoud CO, US
William E. Robinson - Boulder CO, US
Cody C. Taylor - Boulder CO, US

Assignee:

TYCO Healthcare Group LP - Mansfield MA

International Classification:

A61B 18/18
A61B 17/28

US Classification:

606 52, 606205

Abstract:

A surgical instrument is provided and includes a housing including an elongated shaft. The housing includes a docking portion that includes one or more apertures defined therein and electrical circuitry disposed therein. An end effector is operably supported at a distal end of the elongated shaft. A battery assembly is selectively and pivotably engageable with the docking portion of the housing and configured to generate electrical energy. The battery assembly includes one or more protrusions that are configured to releasably engage the aperture(s) on the docking portion and a latch mechanism that is movable from an initial position for latching the battery assembly to the docking portion to a subsequent position for unlatching the battery assembly from the docking portion. The battery assembly is adapted to communicate with the electrical circuitry of the docking member upon insertion of the battery assembly into the at least one aperture.

US Patent:

20150164587, Jun 18, 2015

Filed:

Feb 24, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/630317

Inventors:

- Mansfield MA, US
STEVEN E. BUTCHER - BERTHOUD CO, US

International Classification:

A61B 18/18

Abstract:

A device for the treatment of tissue with microwave energy includes an antenna assembly including outer and inner conductors, a sealing barrier, and a cooling system. The outer and inner conductors have a dielectric material interposed therebetween. The cooling system minimizes the likelihood that the antenna assembly will overheat.