Patent ID: 11957404
Assignee: GYRUS ACMI, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A forceps end effector comprising:
a shaft;
first and second jaw members connected to the shaft, at least one of the first and second jaw members moveable between a first position wherein the first and second jaw members are spaced apart and a second position wherein the first jaw is moved towards the second jaw member and approaching a transverse plane defined between face portions of the first and second jaw members; and
first and second tissue sealing surfaces each attached to a corresponding one of the first and second jaw members;
wherein the first tissue sealing surface includes at least one compression feature configured to allow the first tissue sealing surface to compress more at an offset distance spaced apart from a medial plane than at the medial plane, the medial plane defined as:
bisecting each of the shaft, the first jaw member, and the second jaw member; and
being orthogonal to the transverse plane; and

wherein the at least one compression feature includes a plurality of sections that are less rigid at the offset distance spaced apart from the medial plane than at the medial plane.