Patent ID: 11937863
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An end-effector, comprising:
a clamp arm; and
an ultrasonic blade configured to acoustically couple to an ultrasonic transducer and to electrically couple to a pole of an electrical generator;
wherein the clamp arm comprises:
a clamp jaw;
a plurality of variable longitudinal support elements; and
a cantilever electrode configured to electrically couple to an opposite pole of the electrical generator, wherein the cantilever electrode is fixed to the clamp jaw at a proximal end and free to deflect at a distal end, wherein the cantilever electrode is supported by the variable longitudinal support elements, and wherein the variable longitudinal support elements apply a variable force on the cantilever electrode from the proximal end to the distal end.