Covidien LP

Sean T ONeill

Duane E Kerr

James D Allen, Iv

David M Garrison

Peter Michael Mueller

Daniel A Joseph

James S Cunningham

Robert M Sharp

Keir Hart

Kim V Brandt

Jeffrey R Unger

Jason T Sanders

Glenn A Horner

John R Twomey

Ryan C Artale

Dylan R Kingsley

Gary M Couture

Russell D Hempstead

Edward M Chojin

Jessica E C Olson

Dennis W Butcher

Joanna Ackley

A forceps is provided and includes a housing having a shaft. An end effector assembly operatively connects to a distal end of the shaft and includes a pair of first and second jaw members. One or both of the first and second jaw members is movable relative to the other jaw member from a clamping position to an open position. A resilient member operably couples to at least one of the first and second jaw members. The resilient member is configured to bias the first and second jaw members in the clamping position and provide a closure force on tissue disposed therebetween.

Surgical instrument with resilient driving member and related methods of use

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

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Los Gatos, CA, United States of America

Sean T ONeill