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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2016
Gyrus Medical Limited, Cardiff, GB;
Daniel John Thomas, Cardiff, GB;
Lewis Meurig Jones, Cardiff, GB;
Andrew Edward Jenkins, Rhondda Cynon Taff, 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 the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. A first sealing electrode is located on the first jaw member, and a second sealing electrode is located on the second jaw member. One or more stop members are disposed on the sealing electrodes, the one or more stop members being formed of a compliant material such that they are capable of deforming when the jaw members are moved to their closed position with tissue grasped therebetween.