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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2022
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Grant T. Sims, Boulder, CO (US);
Kelley D. Goodman, Erie, CO (US);
Craig V. Krastins, Arvada, CO (US);
Robert F. Mccullough, Jr., Boulder, CO (US);
Daniel W. Mercier, Erie, CO (US);
Jennifer L. Rich, Parker, CO (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A jaw member of an electrosurgical forceps includes an electrically conductive plate including a peripheral edge and a flange extending vertically relative to the rest of the peripheral edge of the tissue-contacting plate, an insulative spacer including a peripheral edge and a flange extending vertically from the peripheral edge of the insulative spacer, the flange of the insulative spacer having a cavity, the cavity vertically aligned with the flange of the tissue-contacting plate, the flange of the tissue-contacting plate configured for receipt within the cavity of the insulative spacer, a jaw support including a peripheral edge forming a cavity vertically aligned with the flange of the insulative spacer and the flange of the tissue-contacting plate, the flange of the insulative spacer configured for receipt within the cavity of the jaw support, and a jaw housing surrounding the jaw support, the insulative spacer, and a portion of the tissue-contacting plate.