Michael C. Moses;Paul R. Romero;Duane E. Kerr;Kristin D. Johnson;Sean T. Dycus
发明人:
Michael C. Moses,Paul R. Romero,Kristin D. Johnson,Duane E. Kerr,Sean T. Dycus
申请号：
US13083962
公开号：
US08394096B2
申请日:
2011.04.11
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
An open electrosurgical forceps for sealing tissue includes a pair of first and second shaft members each having a jaw member disposed at a distal end thereof. The jaw members are movable from a first position in spaced relation relative to one another to a subsequent position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. Each of the jaw members includes an electrically conductive sealing plate for communicating electrosurgical energy through tissue held therebetween. At least one of the jaw members includes a cutting slot defined along a length thereof which is dimensioned to reciprocate a cutting instrument therealong for cutting tissue disposed between jaw members. An actuator advances the cutting instrument from a first position wherein the cutting instrument is disposed proximal to tissue held between the jaw members to at least one subsequent position wherein the cutting instrument is disposed distal to tissue held between the jaw members.
