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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2010
Scott A. Woodruff, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Patrick A. Weizman, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Gwendolyn P. Payne, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Donna L. Korvick, Maineville, OH (US);
David K. Norvell, Monroe, OH (US);
Aron O. Zingman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Scott A. Woodruff, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Patrick A. Weizman, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Gwendolyn P. Payne, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Donna L. Korvick, Maineville, OH (US);
David K. Norvell, Monroe, OH (US);
Aron O. Zingman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument for supplying energy to tissue can comprise a jaw member comprising an electrode, wherein the electrode is configured to supply energy from a power source to captured tissue. The surgical instrument comprises a tissue-cutting element to transect the captured tissue. The rate of distal translation of the tissue-cutting element during the operational stroke may be regulated by a damper. The damper may have barrel and a plunger.