Ultrasonic surgical instrument, shears and tissue pad, method for sealing a blood vessel and method for transecting patient tissue
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Mar 5, 2013
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Jan 28, 2010
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Jan 22, 2009
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Feb 27, 2004
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An ultrasonic surgical shears has a bifurcated ultrasonic surgical blade, a clamping arm and a substantially “T”-shaped tissue pad. An alternate ultrasonic surgical shears has an ultrasonic surgical blade, a clamping arm, and a tissue pad having first and second transverse outer portions and a movable transverse central portion. An ultrasonic surgical instrument has an ultrasonic surgical clamp including an ultrasonic member adapted to ultrasonically vibrate and has a surgical cutter distinct from the ultrasonic member. A method for sealing a blood vessel of a patient includes obtaining an ultrasonic surgical clamp, sealing the blood vessel with the ultrasonic member, and transecting the sealed blood vessel using the surgical cutter. An alternate method similarly transects patient tissue and seals a blood vessel therein. An ultrasonic-surgical-shears tissue pad includes first and second transverse outer portions which are more resiliently flexible than is a transverse central portion.
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