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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2009
Applicant:
Gennady Kleyman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Inventor:
Gennady Kleyman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Assignee:
Expandoheat, LLC, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a working end of a surgical instrument for delivering heat energy to tissue. The working end includes paired first and second jaw members movable between open and closed positions, with each jaw member defining a jaw body and jaw end-effecter for engaging and heating tissue. At least one jaw member contains an electromagnetic-energy emitter coupled to an electromagnetic-energy source, the electromagnetic-energy emitter is located within the jaw end-effecter, and the jaw end-effecter includes an insert made of an electromagnetic-energy absorbing material.