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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2010
Igoris Misuchenko, Saint-Petersburg, RU;
Georgy Martsinovskiy, Saint-Petersburg, RU;
Mikhail Verbitsky, Stoughton, MA (US);
Nataliya Chernova, Saint-Petersburg, RU;
Boris Chernov, Saint-Petersburg, RU;
Igoris Misuchenko, Saint-Petersburg, RU;
Georgy Martsinovskiy, Saint-Petersburg, RU;
Mikhail Verbitsky, Stoughton, MA (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
An end effector assembly for use with an electrosurgical instrument is provided. The end effector assembly has a first jaw member and a second jaw member. The second jaw member includes a channel defined therein and coupled to a cooling agent source and at least one venting port defined therein and fluidly coupled to the channel. During active cooling of the second jaw member, the cooling agent source is configured to supply a cooling agent to the channel.