Coviden Ag

Mathew E Mitchell

Kristin D Johnson

Steven Paul Buysse

Philip Mark Tetzlaff

Gary M Couture

Dale Francis Schmaltz

Kate Ryland Lawes

Jenifer Serafin Kennedy

Michael J Lands

Lap P Nguyen

Stephen Wade Lukianow

Daniel L Trimberger

A bipolar electrosurgical instrument for clamping, grasping, manipulating, and sealing tissue includes first and second shafts each having a jaw member extending from a distal end thereof and a handle disposed at a proximal end thereof. The handle being operable to effect movement of the jaw members relative to one another from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. The bipolar instrument is connectable to a source of electrical energy having a first electrical potential connected to one of the jaw members and a second electrical potential connected to the other of the jaw members such that the jaw members are capable of selectively conducting energy through tissue held therebetween to effect a seal. Both the first and second electrical potentials are transmitted to the jaw members through the first shaft.

Vessel sealing instrument

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Mathew E Mitchell