Medical instrument
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Mar 13, 2012
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Dec 31, 2009
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Sep 26, 2007
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Oct 5, 2006
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A medical tubular shaft instrument for gripping and cutting tissue which provides a safe mode of operation. The instrument includes electrodes by which a mechanical contact between a blade and an associated cutting surface can be electrically determined. This determination allows the operating physician to be provided with sufficient information to determine whether the tissue that is to be severed has been successfully severed.
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