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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2016
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Gregory A. Trees, Loveland, OH (US);
Megan A. Broderick, West Chester, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Chad P. Boudreaux, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John M. Sarley, Mason, OH (US);
David C. Yates, West Chester, OH (US);
ETHICON LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
An end effector includes a grasping portion that includes a first jaw member having a first electrode, a second jaw member having a second electrode, a first electrically conductive member located either on the first jaw member or the second jaw member, and a gap setting portion having a second electrically conductive member located at the distal end of either the first jaw member or the second jaw member. The electrically insulative member is sized and configured to engage tissue and the second electrically conductive member sized and configured to define a minimum distance between the first and second electrodes.