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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2007
Applicant:
Franz Geiselhart, Reutlingen, DE;
Inventor:
Franz Geiselhart, Reutlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH, Tübingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical tubular shaft instrument for gripping and cutting tissue which provides a safe mode of operation. The instrument includes electrodes by which a mechanical contact between a blade and an associated cutting surface can be electrically determined. This determination allows the operating physician to be provided with sufficient information to determine whether the tissue that is to be severed has been successfully severed.