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

Claim 14:
15. 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, the first tissue sealing surface including 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 at least one compression feature including at least one section that is increasingly less rigid at increasing offset distances spaced apart from the medial plane, the medial plane bisecting each of the shaft, the first jaw member, and the second jaw member, and the medial plane orthogonal to the transverse plane.