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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Thomas Ryan, Flemington, NJ (US);
Rebecca Leibowitz, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Roddi J. Simpson, Watchung, NJ (US);
James S. Gatewood, Chesapeake, VA (US);
Thomas Ryan, Flemington, NJ (US);
Rebecca Leibowitz, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Roddi J. Simpson, Watchung, NJ (US);
James S. Gatewood, Chesapeake, VA (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
An electrosurgical instrument and method is provided for transecting an organ. The electrosurgical instrument includes an introducer having a channel therein, and a conductive wire positioned in and deployable from the channel. A deployment device on the introducer is capable of moving the conductive wire between an undeployed position wherein it is substantially positioned within the channel, and a deployed position wherein a portion is deployed from and positioned outside of the channel and has a substantially looped configuration. A capture element at the distal end of the introducer can secure the distal end of the wire to the introducer, and the deployment device can subsequently move the wire toward the undeployed position to thereby cinch the conductive wire.