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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2016
Gyrus Medical Limited, St. Mellons, Cardiff, GB;
Daniel John Thomas, Cardiff, GB;
Lewis Meurig Jones, Cardiff, GB;
GYRUS MEDICAL LIMITED, Cardiff, GB;
Abstract
An end effector for an electrosurgical instrument includes a pair of opposing first and second jaw members (), (), movable between an open position in which the jaw members are disposed in a spaced relation relative to one another, and a closed position in which sealing surfaces of the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. A first sealing electrode () is located on the first jaw member (), while a second sealing electrode () is located on the second jaw member (). One or both of the sealing surfaces are provided with electrically conductive stop members (), the one or more stop members maintaining a predetermined spacing between the first and second sealing electrodes when the jaw members are in their closed position. One or more insulating members (), (), () are present to prevent the conductive stop members from causing an electrical short between the first and second sealing electrodes when the jaw members are in their closed position.