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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2012
Joanna Ackley, Boulder, CO (US);
James D. Allen, Iv, Broomfield, CO (US);
Ryan C. Artale, Boulder, CO (US);
Kim V. Brandt, Loveland, CO (US);
Dennis W. Butcher, Longmont, CO (US);
Edward M. Chojin, Boulder, CO (US);
Gary M. Couture, Longmont, CO (US);
James S. Cunningham, Boulder, CO (US);
David M. Garrison, Longmont, CO (US);
Keir Hart, Lafayette, CO (US);
Russell D. Hempstead, Lafayatte, CO (US);
Glenn A. Horner, Boulder, CO (US);
Daniel A. Joseph, Golden, CO (US);
Duane E. Kerr, Loveland, CO (US);
Dylan R. Kingsley, Broomfield, CO (US);
Peter M. Mueller, Frederick, CO (US);
Jessica E. C. Olson, Frederick, CO (US);
Sean T. O'neill, Campbell, CA (US);
Jason T. Sanders, Johnstown, CO (US);
Robert M. Sharp, Boulder, CO (US);
John R. Twomey, Longmont, CO (US);
Jeffrey R. Unger, Longmont, CO (US);
Joanna Ackley, Boulder, CO (US);
James D. Allen, IV, Broomfield, CO (US);
Ryan C. Artale, Boulder, CO (US);
Kim V. Brandt, Loveland, CO (US);
Dennis W. Butcher, Longmont, CO (US);
Edward M. Chojin, Boulder, CO (US);
Gary M. Couture, Longmont, CO (US);
James S. Cunningham, Boulder, CO (US);
David M. Garrison, Longmont, CO (US);
Keir Hart, Lafayette, CO (US);
Russell D. Hempstead, Lafayatte, CO (US);
Glenn A. Horner, Boulder, CO (US);
Daniel A. Joseph, Golden, CO (US);
Duane E. Kerr, Loveland, CO (US);
Dylan R. Kingsley, Broomfield, CO (US);
Peter M. Mueller, Frederick, CO (US);
Jessica E. C. Olson, Frederick, CO (US);
Sean T. O'Neill, Campbell, CA (US);
Jason T. Sanders, Johnstown, CO (US);
Robert M. Sharp, Boulder, CO (US);
John R. Twomey, Longmont, CO (US);
Jeffrey R. Unger, Longmont, CO (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing an end effector assembly is provided. The method includes grasping a gap-setting gauge between first and second jaw members moveable relative to one another about a pivot between a first, spaced-apart position and a second position proximate tissue and setting the first and second jaw members such that in the approximated position the jaw members cooperate to define a gap distance between the jaw members equivalent to the thickness of the gap-setting gauge such that when positioning tissue between the jaw members full approximation of the jaws is limited to the gap distance.