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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2006
Rudolph Nobis, Mason, OH (US);
Ifung LU, Skokie, IL (US);
Rudolph Nobis, Mason, OH (US);
Ifung Lu, Skokie, IL (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for delivering monopolar energy to a treatment area in order to cut and/or coagulate tissue. In one embodiment, the device can include an elongated shaft having a distal end that is mated to a cutting head. The cutting head can include opposed jaws and an active monopolar cutting element coupled to at least one of the jaws and adapted to communicate with an energy source for delivering energy to tissue grasped between the jaws. In an exemplary embodiment, the cutting element is slidably retractable relative to the jaws to cut and/or coagulate tissue engaged therebetween. Exemplary methods for cutting and/or coagulating tissue are also provided.