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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2007
Eric J. Taylor, Middletown, CT (US);
Peter Hathaway, Lebanon, CT (US);
Stanislaw Marczyk, Stratford, CT (US);
David Farascioni, Bethel, CT (US);
Eric J. Taylor, Middletown, CT (US);
Peter Hathaway, Lebanon, CT (US);
Stanislaw Marczyk, Stratford, CT (US);
David Farascioni, Bethel, CT (US);
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
An electrosurgical instrument for treating tissue includes a housing having a shaft extending therefrom having an axis A-A defined therethrough. The shaft is at least partially flexible and includes first and second jaw members attached at a distal end thereof. Each jaw member includes an electrically conductive tissue contacting surface adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy such that the electrically conductive tissue contacting surfaces are capable of conducting electrosurgical energy through tissue held therebetween. A drive assembly is disposed in the housing and has a first actuator operably coupled to a drive rod for reciprocation thereof to move the jaw members from a first position in spaced relation to one another to a second position closer to one another for engaging tissue. A second actuator is disposed on the housing and is actuatable to articulate the shaft.