Patent ID: 9717550
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A jaw assembly, comprising: a jaw member including: a seal plate formed on an inner-facing surface of the jaw member, the seal plate including at least two seal plate segments adjacent to one another and extending along a portion of a length of the jaw member, the at least two seal plate segments forming a tissue contacting surface; a circuit board including a switch disposed on and operably coupled to the seal plate; and an insulating member positioned between each adjacent seal plate segment and configured to provide electrical isolation therebetween, wherein each of the at least two seal plate segments is adapted to connect to an electrosurgical energy source and the switch of the circuit board is configured to selectively connect at least one of the at least two seal plate segments to the electrosurgical energy source to form part of an electrosurgical energy delivery circuit.