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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2021
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Kelley D. Goodman, Erie, CO (US);
David Michael Keffeler, Niwot, CO (US);
Craig V. Krastins, Arvada, CO (US);
Jennifer E. Lee, Parker, CO (US);
Robert F. McCullough, Jr., Boulder, CO (US);
Daniel W. Mercier, Erie, CO (US);
Grant T. Sims, Boulder, CO (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A knife configured for use with an electrosurgical forceps having curved jaw members and a method of manufacturing the same. The knife includes a distal body having an inner side and an outer side, a first etching on the outer side of the distal body defining a distal cutting edge and a second etching on the outer side of the distal body extending along a portion of a length of the distal body to define relatively protruded and relatively recessed surfaces extending along a portion of the length of the distal body on the outer side thereof.