1. A method for assembling an ultrasonic surgical device, the method comprising:
providing a proximal end of an ultrasonic waveguide at an ultrasonic surgical handle body;
removably coupling to the ultrasonic surgical handle body a cordless ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly having a shell containing therein an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit;
mechanically coupling a cordless ultrasonic transducer rotationally freely and substantially longitudinally fixedly to the ultrasonic surgical handle body to place an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer opposite and adjacent the proximal end of the ultrasonic waveguide; and
rotating the waveguide and the ultrasonic transducer with respect to one another to removably fixedly couple the waveguide to the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer and to electrically couple the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit of the shell to the ultrasonic surgical handle body, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is operable to dynamically produce a resonant wave along the ultrasonic waveguide when the ultrasonic transducer is excited by the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit.
2. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises carrying out the step of removably coupling the shell to the ultrasonic surgical handle body and the step of mechanically coupling the ultrasonic transducer rotationally freely and substantially longitudinally fixedly to the ultrasonic surgical handle body substantially simultaneously.
3. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises carrying out the step of removably coupling the shell to the ultrasonic surgical handle body before carrying out the step of mechanically coupling the ultrasonic transducer rotationally freely and substantially longitudinally fixedly to the ultrasonic surgical handle body.
4. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises removably coupling the shell to the ultrasonic surgical handle body after carrying out the step of mechanically coupling the ultrasonic transducer rotationally freely and substantially longitudinally fixedly to the ultrasonic surgical handle body.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein carrying out the waveguide rotation step automatically causes, at substantially the same time:
the shell to removably couple with the ultrasonic surgical handle body; and
the ultrasonic transducer to mechanically couple rotationally freely and substantially longitudinally fixedly to the ultrasonic surgical handle body.
6. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises providing the ultrasonic transducer partially within the ultrasonic surgical handle body to expose a proximal end of the ultrasonic transducer to the environment for rotation by a user.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the waveguide has an ultrasonic end effector and which further comprises indirectly rotating the end effector by rotating the exposed proximal end of the ultrasonic transducer.
8. The method according to claim 6, which further comprises uncoupling the waveguide from the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer by:
grasping the exposed proximal end of the ultrasonic transducer; and
rotating the ultrasonic waveguide with respect to the ultrasonic transducer.
9. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises removably inserting a battery at a selectively accessible and aseptically sealable battery-holding compartment of the ultrasonic surgical handle body.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the battery-holding compartment is disposed one of:
at a grip portion of the handle body;
in a grip portion of the handle body; and
in the ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly.
11. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises removably inserting an entirety of a battery at a selectively accessible and aseptically sealable battery-holding compartment of the ultrasonic surgical handle body.
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the handle body defines the battery-holding compartment in an interior thereof and a door selectively closes off and seals the battery-holding compartment.
13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the battery-holding compartment is disposed one of:
at a grip portion of the handle body;
in a grip portion of the handle body; and
in the ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly.
14. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises:
replacing at least one of the ultrasonic transducer and the shell containing therein the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit from the ultrasonic surgical handle body by coupling at least one of:
a second ultrasonic transducer different from the ultrasonic transducer to the ultrasonic surgical handle body; and
a second shell containing therein a second ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit different from the shell containing therein the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to the ultrasonic surgical handle body.
15. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises:
substantially simultaneously removing the ultrasonic transducer and the shell containing therein the ultrasonic-drive-wave-signal generating circuit from the ultrasonic surgical handle body; and
replacing the ultrasonic transducer and the ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly by substantially simultaneously coupling, to the ultrasonic surgical handle body, a second ultrasonic transducer different from the ultrasonic transducer and a second shell containing therein a second ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit different from the shell containing therein the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit.
16. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises uncoupling the ultrasonic waveguide from the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer by rotating one of the ultrasonic waveguide and the ultrasonic transducer with respect to the other.
17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the resonant wave is a sine wave.
18. A method for assembling and using an ultrasonic surgical assembly, the method comprising:
providing a cordless ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly with:
a shell;
an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit housed within the shell; and
a cordless ultrasonic transducer having:
an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end; and
a proximal end;
providing a proximal end of an ultrasonic waveguide at an ultrasonic surgical handle body;
providing a handle body with:
an ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly dock exposed to the environment and shaped to selectively removably couple the shell to the handle body; and
an ultrasonic transducer attachment dock exposed to the environment and shaped to selectively removably receive the ultrasonic transducer at the handle body;
mechanically coupling the ultrasonic transducer rotationally freely and substantially longitudinally fixedly to the ultrasonic surgical handle body at the ultrasonic transducer attachment dock to place the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer opposite and adjacent the proximal end of the ultrasonic waveguide;
removably coupling the shell of the ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly to the ultrasonic surgical handle body at the ultrasonic-signal-generator assembly dock; and
rotating the ultrasonic waveguide and the ultrasonic transducer with respect to one another to removably fixedly couple the waveguide to the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer and to electrically couple the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to the ultrasonic surgical handle body, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is operable to dynamically produce a resonant wave along the ultrasonic waveguide when the ultrasonic transducer is excited by the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit.
19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the resonant wave is a sine wave.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A decking member configured for use with a shelving unit comprising:
a plurality of panels, each panel comprising a plurality of slots;
first and second side supports being on opposite sides of each of the plurality of panels, each connected to and extending along the length of one side of separate panels among the plurality of panels, the side supports extending in a direction generally transverse to the panels; and
at least one side support from each of the plurality of panels connected to another side support from an adjacent panel;
wherein each of the plurality of panels and its first and second side supports is roll-formed of a single piece of material.
2. The decking member of claim 1, wherein the at least one side support from each of the plurality of panels connected to another side support from an adjacent panel is welded together.
3. The decking member of claim 1, wherein the connections and the slots make up an open deck of at least 50%.
4. The decking member of claim 1, wherein the plurality of panels comprises four panels.
5. The decking member of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of hooks.
6. The decking member of claim 5, wherein the hooks are welded to one or more of the panels.
7. The decking member of claim 1, further comprising an open deck of at least about 50%.
8. The decking member of claim 1, further comprising an open deck of about 50%.
9. The decking member of claim 1, wherein the slots are formed by punching a hole and then drawing the hole to form the slot.
10. The decking member of claim 1, wherein a portion of the material circumscribing at least one of the holes is bent to generally extend in the direction of the side supports.
11. A method of making a decking member comprising:
cutting a first piece of material to a desired shape, wherein the first piece of material is flat;
punching out a plurality of slits along a length of the first piece of material, wherein the length is substantially in the center of the first piece of material;
roll-forming the first piece of material to create side supports substantially in an L-shape such that the first piece of material is no longer flat;
drawing the plurality of slits to create a plurality of slots larger than the slits, wherein at least of portion of the material circumscribing the slit is forced downward from a top of the first piece of material;
cutting, punching, roll-forming and drawing a second piece of material in substantially the same manner as the first piece of material; and
connecting a side support of the first piece of material to a side support of the second piece of material.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of connecting a side support of the first piece of material to a side support of the second piece of material comprises welding the side supports together.
13. The method of claim 11, further comprising cutting, punching, roll-forming and drawing a third and fourth piece of material in substantially the same manner as the first piece of material and connecting one side support of the third piece of material to a side support of the second piece of material and the other side support of the third piece of material to a side support of the fourth piece of material.
14. A decking member comprising:
a plurality of panels, at least one panel comprising a plurality of slots;
first and second side supports being on opposite ends of the decking member each connected to and extending along the length of one side of separate panels, the side supports being generally perpendicular to the panels; and
at least one center support between and connecting the panels;
wherein the decking member is roll-formed of a single piece of material, the relationship of the plurality of panels, first and second side supports, and at least one center support established by a series of folds in the single piece of material.
15. The decking member of claim 14, wherein
the at least one center support having a region perpendicular to the panels and a triangular base.
16. The decking member of claim 14, further comprising a plurality of hooks wherein the hooks are part of the single piece of material and are attached to the center support at a bottom of the triangular base.
17. The decking member of claim 14, further comprising an open deck of at least about 50%.
18. The decking member of claim 14, wherein the side supports further include a notch extending along the support adjacent the top near the panel.
19. A decking member comprising a plurality of panels, at least one panel comprising a plurality of slots therein; the decking member comprising:
first and second side supports positioned on opposite ends of the decking member and each connected to and extending substantially along the length of one side of separate panels, the side supports being generally perpendicular to the panels; and
at least one center support between and connecting the panels, wherein the center support comprises discrete members associated with adjacent panels and wherein the discrete members are engaged together to form a load bearing beam-like member, the engagement of the center support members resulting in adjacent panels being secured together to function as a unitary decking member.
20. The decking member of claim 19, wherein the at least one center support comprises a region oriented generally perpendicular to the panels and a base.