Russell Pribanic;Eric J. Taylor;David Farascioni;Stanislaw Marczyk;Peter Hathaway
发明人:
Stanislaw Marczyk,Russell Pribanic,David Farascioni,Eric J. Taylor,Peter Hathaway
申请号：
US12718143
公开号：
US08475453B2
申请日:
2010.03.05
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
An electrosurgical instrument for treating tissue includes a housing having a shaft extending therefrom having an axis A-A defined therethrough. The shaft is at least partially flexible and includes first and second jaw members attached at a distal end thereof. Each jaw member includes an electrically conductive tissue contacting surface adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy such that the electrically conductive tissue contacting surfaces are capable of conducting electrosurgical energy through tissue held therebetween. A drive assembly is disposed in the housing and has a first actuator operably coupled to a drive rod for reciprocation thereof to move the jaw members from a first position in spaced relation to one another to a second position closer to one another for engaging tissue. A second actuator is disposed on the housing and is actuatable to articulate the shaft.
