Patent ID: 9247953
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An ultrasonic surgical instrument comprising: a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; a first jaw having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the shaft terminating at the proximal end of the first jaw, the first jaw having: a second jaw having a surface facing the surface of the first jaw and having a plurality of teeth thereat; and an ultrasonic waveguide extending beyond the shaft and being slidably engagable with the trough and having a blade, the blade having: wherein the jaws are operable to compress tissue therebetween and the blade is operable to slide within the trough to further compress and cut the compressed tissue as the blade moves in a direction from the proximal end of the first jaw to the distal end of the first jaw.