Cilag International Gmbh

Justin S Cramer

Gregory J Bakos

Jeffrey David Messerly

Craig N Faller

Ellen E Burkart

Monica L Z Rivard

Steven M Boronyak

Disclosed is a surgical instrument having a housing, an end-effector, and a user interface. The end-effector includes a clamp arm and an ultrasonic blade configured to couple to an ultrasonic transducer and to a pole of an electrical generator. The clamp arm includes a clamp jaw pivotally movable about a pivot point, an electrode defining a surface configured to contact tissue and apply electrical energy to the tissue in contact therewith and configured to couple to an opposite pole of the electrical generator. The user interface includes a first activation button switch to activate a first energy source and a second button switch to select an energy mode for the activation button switch.

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Loveland, OH, United States of America

Justin S Cramer