Kevin L. Houser

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 a transverse central portion.

TL;DR: An ultrasonic clamp coagulator assembly that is configured to permit selective cutting, coagulation and clamping of tissue during surgical procedures was presented in this article, where the clamping mechanism includes a two-piece pad design and pad material that enables the higher tissue clamping forces and a forcelimiting mechanism that effectively smoothes out abusive tissue forces.

TL;DR: In this article, a robotic surgical system having a master controller configured to control a set of basic functions of the components of the robotic surgical systems including at least an electromechanical tool, an EM arm, an instrument shaft, and an end effector is defined.

TL;DR: A tissue pad is disclosed including a first component and a second component as mentioned in this paper, and the first component includes a first material and a first tissue engaging surface and the second component including a second material and an engaging surface.

TL;DR: In this paper, an ultrasonic transducer is configured to be acoustically connected to a waveguide and operated a predetermined number of use cycles, and an integrated usage indicator is operatively connected to the housing and includes a used state indicator.