Ethicon, Gmbh

Susan Arshonsky

Gregory A Trees

Catherine A Corbett

Frederick E Shelton, IV

Chad Paul Boudreaux

William Bruce Weisenburgh, Ii

Foster B Stulen

Geoffrey S Strobl

David A Witt

Tamara S Widenhouse

John B Schulte

Aaron C Voegele

Craig T Davis

David Alexander Monroe

Jonathan T Batross

Edward G Chekan

John Michael Sarley

Alex W Kiturkes

Megan A Broderick

Terry McFarland

A surgical instrument includes a body, an elongate shaft extending distally from the body, an end effector disposed at a distal end of the elongate shaft, and a firing beam. The end effector has a first jaw and a second jaw. The first jaw is pivotable toward and away from the second jaw to capture tissue. The end effector further comprises at least one electrode. The at least one electrode is operable to apply RF energy to tissue captured between the first jaw and the second jaw. At least a portion of the end effector is reconfigurable to transition the end effector into a cleaning state

Electrosurgical instrument with removable jaw components

A medical device includes an end effector configured to apply bipolar energy to target tissue along a working portion thereof and a fluid control system to control the flow of a fluid produced when the end effector applies the bipolar energy to heat the target tissue. The fluid control system includes a fluid path element defining a fluid path, a distal fluid port configured to intake the fluid adjacent to the working portion of an end effector for transport through the fluid path, and a proximal fluid port configured to intake the fluid transported through the fluid path and to exhaust the transported fluid.

Integrated systems for electrosurgical steam or smoke control

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