Covidien LP

Martin A B Hedegaard

George B Hanna

Molly Stevens

Shobhit Arya

Daniel S Elson

Lei Su

Kristy Lee Cloyd

Vadzim Chalau

A medical instrument is provided and includes a housing and a shaft coupled to the housing. The shaft has a proximal end and a distal end. An end-effector assembly is disposed at the distal end of the shaft. The end-effector assembly includes first and second jaw members. At least one of the first and second jaw members is movable from a first position wherein the first and second jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to at least a second position closer to one another wherein the first and second jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. The medical instrument also includes one or more light-emitting elements and one or more light-detecting elements configured to generate one or more signals indicative of tissue florescence. The one or more light-emitting elements are adapted to deliver light energy to tissue grasped between the first and second jaw members.

Surgical device with an end-effector assembly and system for monitoring of tissue during a surgical procedure

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Odense C, Denmark

Martin A B Hedegaard