Patent ID: 11877790
Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. An end effector for an electrosurgical instrument, comprising:
a first jaw member having a first electrode plate and a second jaw member having a second electrode plate;
a first base plate disposed on the first jaw member;
a second base plate disposed on the first base plate, the second base plate forming a series of laterally facing attachment notches with the first base plate such that the first and second base plates cooperate to bound each of the laterally facing attachment notches on at least four sides and each of the laterally facing attachment notches is unbounded along a laterally facing side of the first jaw member, the series of laterally facing attachment notches spaced apart from each other along the laterally facing side of the first jaw member; and
an overmold layer formed about the first jaw member, the overmold layer disposed within the series of laterally facing attachment notches formed between the first and second base plates to secure the first and second base plates to the first jaw member.