Covidien LP

Joanna Ackley

Duane E Kerr

James D Allen, Iv

David M Garrison

Glenn A Horner

Peter Michael Mueller

Daniel A Joseph

James S Cunningham

Robert M Sharp

John R Twomey

Keir Hart

Ryan C Artale

Dylan R Kingsley

Gary M Couture

Russell D Hempstead

Kim V Brandt

Edward M Chojin

Jeffrey R Unger

Jessica E C Olson

Dennis W Butcher

Jason T Sanders

Sean T O'Neill

Sean T ONeill

A method for manufacturing an end effector assembly includes providing first and second jaw members moveable relative to one another about a pivot between a first, spaced-apart position and a second, approximated position. One of the first and second jaw members includes a cavity defined therein and the other of the first and second jaw members includes a stop member configured to be inserted into the cavity. A gap-setting gauge is grasped between the first and second jaw members to define a gap-distance between the jaw members equivalent to a thickness of the gap-setting gauge. The first and second jaw members are set such that the jaw members are prevented from approximation beyond the gap-distance.

Surgical tissue sealer

A method for manufacturing an end effector assembly is provided. The method includes grasping a gap-setting gauge between first and second jaw members moveable relative to one another about a pivot between a first, spaced-apart position and a second position proximate tissue and setting the first and second jaw members such that in the approximated position the jaw members cooperate to define a gap distance between the jaw members equivalent to the thickness of the gap-setting gauge such that when positioning tissue between the jaw members full approximation of the jaws is limited to the gap distance.

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Boulder, CO, United States of America

Joanna Ackley