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Kevin L. Houser
Researcher at Ethicon Inc.
Publications - 189
Citations - 28830
Kevin L. Houser is an academic researcher from Ethicon Inc.. The author has contributed to research in topics: Surgical instrument & Ultrasonic sensor. The author has an hindex of 81, co-authored 189 publications receiving 28830 citations.
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Surgical instrument with multiple clamping mechanisms
Daniel W. Price,Jeffrey D. Messerly,Prasanna Malaviya,Robert J. Beetel,Timothy G. Dietz,David A. Witt,Douglas J. Turner,David K. Norvell,Kip M. Rupp,John A. Weed,Kevin D. Felder,Kevin L. Houser,Paul T. Franer,Craig N. Faller,Craig T. Davis +14 more
TL;DR: A nested trigger assembly for a surgical instrument may generally comprise a first trigger and a second trigger, wherein the first trigger is movable together on a first stroke of the nested-trigger assembly, and the second trigger is configured to be biased away from the trigger after the first stroke and before a second stroke.
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Improved surgical instruments
TL;DR: In this article, a surgical device consisting of a transducer, an end effector, a generator, and a control circuit is described, where the control circuit may detect a first contribution to a vibration frequency of an end-effector, the first contribution originating from tissue in contact with the end-effectsor.
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Ultrasonic surgical shears and method for sealing a blood vessel using same
TL;DR: In this article, an ultrasonic surgical shears is used to transect and seal a vessel between a tissue pad and a scalar scalar blade. But, this method requires the vessel to be placed between the blade and the tissue pad, and the clamping arm is operated to exert an average coaptation pressure between and including 60 psi and 210 psi.
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Ultrasonic surgical instrument, shears and tissue pad, method for sealing a blood vessel and method for transecting patient tissue
TL;DR: An ultrasonic surgical instrument has a bifurcated ultrasonic scalar blade, a clamping arm and a substantially 'T'-shaped tissue pad as discussed by the authors, which is more resiliently flexible than is a transverse central portion.
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Surgical access devices and methods providing seal movement in predefined paths
Mark S. Ortiz,David T. Martin,Matthew C. Miller,Mark J. Reese,Wells D. Haberstich,Carl J. Shurtleff,Charles J. Scheib,Frederick E. Shelton,Jerome R. Morgan,Daniel H. Duke,Daniel J. Mumaw,Gregory W. Johnson,Kevin L. Houser +12 more
TL;DR: In this article, the sealing elements can be movable along predefined pathways within the device to allow surgical instruments inserted through the sealing element to be moved laterally, rotationally, angularly, and vertically relative to a central longitudinal axis of the device for ease of manipulation within a patient's body while maintaining insufflation.