Patent ID: 11911063
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 3:
4. A surgical instrument, comprising:
a housing;
an ultrasonic transducer;
a control circuit configured to execute logic; and
an end-effector, comprising:
a clamp arm; and
an ultrasonic blade acoustically coupled to the ultrasonic transducer and electrically coupled to a pole of an electrical generator;
wherein the clamp arm comprises:
a clamp jaw;
a cantilever electrode coupled 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; and

wherein the control circuit is configured to:
detect contact between the distal conductive element and the ultrasonic blade; and
adjust power applied to the ultrasonic blade based on detection of the contact.