ULTRASONIC HORN FOR AN ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ULTRASONIC HORN
An ultrasonic horn for an ultrasonic transducer assembly of an ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a body and a nose. The body defines a tubular configuration having a hollow interior and a plurality of slots therethrough extending into the hollow interior. The nose extends distally from the body. The body defines a proximal connector configured to enable the body to be secured to a piezoelectric stack and the nose defines a distal connector configured to enable the nose to be engaged with a waveguide for transmission of ultrasonic energy produced by the piezoelectric stack to the waveguide.
