Patents by Inventor MATTHEW A. SCHANING

MATTHEW A. SCHANING has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWERING AN ULTRASONIC SURGICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180271555
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a housing, an ultrasonic transducer and generator assembly disposed in the housing, a shaft extending from a distal end of the housing, and an end effector assembly coupled to the shaft and operatively connected to the ultrasonic transducer and generator assembly. The ultrasonic surgical instrument further includes a handle assembly having a first set of power contacts formed thereon and being removably attachable to the housing, a power receiving mechanism having a second set of power contacts formed thereon, and a power cable electrically connected between the first and second power contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: JOHN T. LOPEZ, MATTHEW A. SCHANING
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWERING AN ULTRASONIC SURGICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160095616
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a housing, an ultrasonic transducer and generator assembly disposed in the housing, a shaft extending from a distal end of the housing, and an end effector assembly coupled to the shaft and operatively connected to the ultrasonic transducer and generator assembly. The ultrasonic surgical instrument further includes a handle assembly having a first set of power contacts formed thereon and being removably attachable to the housing, a power receiving mechanism having a second set of power contacts formed thereon, and a power cable electrically connected between the first and second power contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: JOHN T. LOPEZ, MATTHEW A. SCHANING