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Patent No.:

US 11779386 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 16, 2020

Two-part seal plate for vessel sealer and method of manufacturing same

Applicant:

Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);

Inventors:

Monte S. Fry, Longmont, CO (US);

Grant T. Sims, Boulder, CO (US);

Robert F. Mccullough, Jr., Boulder, CO (US);

Assignee:

Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);

Attorney:

Carter, DeLuca & Farrell LLP

Primary Examiner:

Daniel W Fowler

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); B29C 69/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2911 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1455 (2013.01); B29C 69/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a two-part sealing plate of a jaw member of an end effector assembly includes: fabricating a series of grooves through an upper plate of a two-part sealing plate of a jaw member; securing a lower plate to a non-tissue engaging side of the upper plate such that an upper surface of the lower plate defines a corresponding bottom surface of at least one of the series of grooves; and securing the seal plate to a support base of the jaw member.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Fry, Monte. (2023). Two-part seal plate for vessel sealer and method of manufacturing same (U.S. Patent No. 11779386). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11779386

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