Patent ID: 9554844
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A61B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A forceps, comprising: first and second shaft members, each of the first and second shaft members having a handle at a proximal end thereof and a jaw member at a distal end thereof, the handles of the first and second shaft members movable relative to one another to pivot the first and second shaft members in relation to one another so that the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween, each of the jaw members including an electrically conductive sealing plate configured to communicate electrosurgical energy through tissue held therebetween; and a cutting mechanism received within an elongated slot defined by at least one of the first and second shaft members, the cutting mechanism slidably removable in a longitudinal direction from the elongated slot to separate the cutting mechanism from the forceps.