Two-stage electrosurgical device for vessel sealing

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11464561
APP PUB NO 20170348044A1
SERIAL NO

15602607

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An end effector assembly of a forceps includes a first jaw with a tissue sealing surface and an electrode on the sealing surface, and a second jaw with a tissue sealing surface and an electrode on the sealing surface. The first jaw and the second jaw move between an open position and a closed position. The sealing surface of at least one of the first jaw and the second jaw has a rigid medial section and flexible lateral sections.

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  • GYRUS ACMI, INC.

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Batchelor, Kester J Mound, US 106 10154
Butler, William Minneapolis, US 23 1027
Wang, Huisun Maple Grove, US 179 6618

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