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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2012
Liming Lau, Mountain View, CA (US);
Arthur M. Lin, Fremont, CA (US);
Samnuel Ho, Foster City, CA (US);
Ryan C. Abbott, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenny L. Dang, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Jesse Mcquiston, San Carlos, CA (US);
Arnold M. Escano, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jerry Jarrard, San Jose, CA (US);
Liming Lau, Mountain View, CA (US);
Arthur M. Lin, Fremont, CA (US);
Samnuel Ho, Foster City, CA (US);
Ryan C. Abbott, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenny L. Dang, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Jesse McQuiston, San Carlos, CA (US);
Arnold M. Escano, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jerry Jarrard, San Jose, CA (US);
Maquet Cardiovascular LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A surgical apparatus for welding and severing tissue includes first and second elongated jaws, at least one of the jaws movable with respect to the other, and a first heating element and a second heating element, wherein the first heating element is adapted to weld tissue and the second heating element is adapted to sever tissue.