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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, 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 includes a pair of opposing jaw members configured to grasp tissue therebetween. Each of the opposing jaw members includes a non conducting tissue contact surface and an energy delivering element configured to perforate the tissue to create an opening, extract elastin and collagen from the tissue and denaturize the elastin and the collagen in the vicinity of the opening.