A control circuit of a surgical device is disclosed. The control circuit includes a first circuit portion coupled to at least one switch operable between an open state and a closed state. The first circuit portion communicates with a surgical generator over a conductor pair to receive a control signal to determine a state of the at least one switch.

Surgical generator for ultrasonic and electrosurgical devices

A surgical instrument. The surgical instrument may comprise a transducer and an end effector. The transducer may be configured to provide vibrations along a longitudinal axis at a predetermined frequency and may comprise a piezoelectric stack positioned along the longitudinal axis. The transducer also may comprise a first metallic end mass positioned along the longitudinal axis adjacent a first end of the piezoelectric stack and a second metallic end mass positioned along the longitudinal axis adjacent a second end of the piezoelectric stack. The length of the transducer may be greater than or equal to of one wavelength and less than ½ of one wavelength. The end effector may be coupled to the transducer and may extend along the longitudinal axis. The length of the transducer and the end effector may be a multiple of ½ of one wavelength.

Ultrasonic surgical instruments

Various embodiments are directed to an apparatus, system, and method for driving an end effector coupled to an ultrasonic transducer in a surgical instrument. The method comprises generating a first ultrasonic drive signal by a generator coupled to an ultrasonic drive system, actuating the ultrasonic transducer with the first ultrasonic drive signal for a first period, generating a second ultrasonic drive signal by the generator, and actuating the ultrasonic transducer with the second ultrasonic drive signal for a second period, subsequent to the first period. The first drive signal is different from the second drive signal over the respective first and second periods. The first and second drive signals define a step function waveform over the first and second periods. The apparatus comprises a generator configured to couple to an ultrasonic instrument. The system comprises a generator coupled to an ultrasonic instrument. The ultrasonic instrument comprises an ultrasonic drive system comprising an ultrasonic transducer coupled to a waveguide and an end effector coupled to the waveguide, and wherein the ultrasonic drive system is configured to resonate at a resonant frequency.

Ultrasonic device for cutting and coagulating with stepped output

Various embodiments described herein are directed to ultrasonic blades. For example, an ultrasonic blade may comprise a proximally positioned straight section extending along a longitudinal axis and a distally positioned curved section coupled to the straight section and curved away from the longitudinal axis. The curved section may define a radius of curvature and subtend a first angle. A point of tangency between the curved section and the straight section may be positioned at either a node of the ultrasonic blade or an anti-node of the ultrasonic blade.

Surgical instruments with articulating shafts

Various embodiments are direct to a surgical instrument comprising and end effector, an articulating shaft and an ultrasonic transducer assembly. The end effector may comprise an ultrasonic blade. The articulating shaft may extend proximally from the end effector along a longitudinal axis and may comprise a proximal shaft member and a distal shaft member pivotably coupled at an articulation joint. The ultrasonic transducer assembly may comprise an ultrasonic transducer acoustically coupled to the ultrasonic blade. The ultrasonic transducer assembly may be positioned distally from the articulation joint.

Ultrasonic surgical instruments with distally positioned transducers

A piezoelectric device for an ink jet print head that has a greater displacement at a low drive voltage The ink-jet recording head includes a vibration plate, on which is mounted one or more piezoelectric devices that change the volumes of pressure chambers upon application of a voltage The device is mounted at least on one face of a pressure chamber substrate that is to be filled with ink Such piezoelectric device includes a second piezoelectric layer having a piezoelectric constant g of a constant value or higher; and a first piezoelectric layer having a dielectric constant of a specific value or higher Since the piezoelectric constant d of the piezoelectric device correlates with the product of the largest piezoelectric constant g and the largest dielectric device of the piezoelectric devices, a piezoelectric constant d larger than in the conventional case, ie, having a greater displacement, can be obtained

Ink-jet recording head with piezoelectric device and method for manufacturing the same

The present invention provides a thin piezoelectric film having a high piezoelectric strain constant and a good adhesion with a lower electrode which can be produced without being cracked. The present invention also provides an ink jet recording head comprising this thin piezoelectric film as a vibrator. The thin piezoelectric film element of the present invention comprises a PZT film 14 made of a polycrystalline substance, and an upper electrode 16 and a lower electrode 12 arranged with the PZT film interposed therebetween. The grain boundary of the crystalline constituting the PZT film is present almost perpendicular to the surface of the electrode. Further, the orientation of the crystalline constituting the PZT film is controlled to a desired range.

Thin piezoelectric film element, process for the preparation thereof and ink jet recording head using thin piezoelectric film element

An ink jet recording head in which the rigidity of a partition wall is enhanced, pressure generating chambers can be arranged at high density, and the crosstalk between the pressure generating chambers can be reduced, a method for generating the ink jet recording head, and an ink jet recorder. An ink jet recording head comprising a channel forming substrate (10) having a silicon layer of single crystal silicon in which a pressure generating chamber (15) communicating with a nozzle opening is defined, and a piezoelectric element (300) provided in a region facing the pressure generating chamber (15) through a diaphragm constituting a part of the pressure generating chamber (15) and generating a pressure variation in the pressure generating chamber (15), wherein the pressure generating chamber (15) has an opening in one face side of the channel forming substrate (10) but not through the channel forming substrate (10). At least the bottom face of the inside of the pressure generating chamber (15) facing the one face side is constituted of an anisotropic etching stop face which is a surface subjected to anisotropic etching stopped in mid course and the piezoelectric element (300) composed of a film formed by film formation and lithography is provided on the one face side of the channel forming substrate (10).

Ink jet recording head, method for manufacturing the same, and ink jet recorder

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manufacture piezoelectric body thin film elements enhanced in its piezoelectric characteristics by forming a crystal structure of a rhombohedral system having a specific orientation on a piezoelectric body thin film. SOLUTION: The piezoelectric body PXT thin film element is equipped with a silicon Si substrate 10, a silicon oxide film 11 formed on the silicon substrate, a titan Ti oxide film 11A formed on the silicon oxide, a lower electrode 12 consisting of, e.g. Pt formed on the titan oxide film, a piezoelectric body film 14 of a binary system PZT firm formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode 16 formed on the piezoelectric body film. In particular, the PZT thin film 14 is of a substance of magnesium niobic acid lead added as a third component to titanic acid zirconic acid lead, being a crystal structure of a rhombohedral system, and having a (100) orientation of 30% or more of the crystal structure by an X ray diffraction film method. It becomes larger in a constant of the piezoelectric as the orientation of (100) becomes higher, thereby improving characteristics as an actuator.

Hiroyuki Kamei

Papers

Ink-jet recording head with piezoelectric device and method for manufacturing the same

Thin piezoelectric film element, process for the preparation thereof and ink jet recording head using thin piezoelectric film element

Ink jet recording head, method for manufacturing the same, and ink jet recorder

Piezoelectric body thin film element and manufacture thereof, and ink jet recording head employing piezoelectric body thin film element

Thickness dependence of structural and ferroelectric properties of sol-gel Pb(Zr0.56Ti0.44)0.90(Mg1/3Nb2/3)0.10O3 films