Electrode assembly for sealing and cutting tissue and method for performing same
CA 2500593 C · Owner: Johnson, Kristin D. · Inventors: Couture, Gary M.; Johnson, Kristin D.
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An electrode assembly for use with an instrument for sealing vessels includes a pair of opposing first and second jaw members which are movable relative to one another from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. Each jaw member includes an electrically conductive tissue contacting surface which is connected to an electrosurgical energy source such that the tissue contacting surfaces are capable of conducting electrosurgical energy through the tissue held therebetween to effect a seal. The first jaw member has an electrically conductive …
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- Filed September 11, 2003 and granted November 13, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 11, 2023.
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