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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph D. Brannan, Lyons, CO (US);
Gene H. Arts, Berthoud, CO (US);
Assignee:
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1477 (2013.01); A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 18/1482 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00023 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00285 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1425 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3925 (2016.02);
Abstract
A surgical instrument is provided including a handle assembly, a shaft electrically coupled to the handle assembly and extending therefrom, an electrode assembly electrically coupled to the shaft for transmitting energy to tissue to treat tissue, and a chamber defined in the shaft and positioned proximal a distal end thereof and configured to selectively expand. The expansion of the chamber anchors the surgical instrument to the tissue.