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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2021
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
James D. Allen, IV, Broomfield, CO (US);
William E. Robinson, Boulder, CO (US);
Daniel A. Joseph, Golden, CO (US);
John A Hammerland, III, Arvada, CO (US);
Kenneth E. Netzel, Loveland, CO (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
An electrosurgical instrument end effector has first and second jaw members each including an electrically conductive tissue-contacting surface. The first and second jaw members are configured to grasp and electrosurgically treat tissue between the tissue-contacting surfaces. A thermal cutting element includes a body portion extending along the tissue-contacting surface of the second jaw member and a distal probe portion extending distally therefrom. The distal probe portion extends distally beyond a distal-most extent of the second jaw member, has a free end distally-spaced from this distal-most extent, and is exposed about the entire outer periphery thereof between the distal-most extent the free end. The body portion of the thermal cutting element is energizable for thermally treating tissue grasped between the tissue-contacting surfaces, while the distal probe portion of the thermal cutting element is energizable for thermally treating tissue positioned distally of the first and second jaw members.