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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2009
Michael C. Moses, Boulder, CO (US);
Paul R. Romero, Loveland, CO (US);
Kristin D. Johnson, Louisville, CO (US);
Duane E. Kerr, Loveland, CO (US);
Sean T. Dycus, Zurich, CH;
Michael C. Moses, Boulder, CO (US);
Paul R. Romero, Loveland, CO (US);
Kristin D. Johnson, Louisville, CO (US);
Duane E. Kerr, Loveland, CO (US);
Sean T. Dycus, Zurich, CH;
Covidien AG, , CH;
Abstract
An open electrosurgical forceps includes a pair of first and second shaft members each having a jaw member disposed at its distal end. The jaw members are movable from a first position in spaced relation relative to one another to a subsequent position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue. Each of the jaw members includes an electrically conductive scaling plate for communicating electrosurgical energy through tissue. A curved knife channel is defined along the length of one of the jaw members and is dimensioned to reciprocate a cutting mechanism. An actuator selectively advances the cutting mechanism from a first position proximal to tissue held between the jaw members to a subsequent position distal to tissue held between the jaw members. The cutting mechanism includes a generally hourglass-shaped flexible blade having a mutually aggregating notch.