Patent ID: 11911063
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; and
a cantilever electrode configured to electrically couple to an opposite pole of the electrical generator, wherein the cantilever electrode is fixed to a proximal end of the clamp jaw and is free to deflect at a distal end of the clamp jaw, wherein the cantilever electrode comprises a distal conductive element attached to a distal end of the cantilever electrode, wherein the distal conductive element is configured to generate a signal to indicate contact between the distal conductive element and the ultrasonic blade.