Patent ID: 8939973
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A bipolar forceps, comprising: a housing; an elongated shaft extending distally from the housing; an end effector assembly coupled to a distal end of the shaft, the end effector assembly including first and second jaw members, the first jaw member pivotable relative to the second jaw member between an open position and a closed position, the jaw members configured to conduct electrosurgical energy through tissue grasped between the jaw members; a knife advanceable through the jaw members to cut grasped tissue when the first jaw member is in the closed position; and a movable handle connected to the housing and actuatable to pivot the first jaw member to the closed position and to advance the knife through the jaw members to cut grasped tissue subsequent to conduction of electrosurgical energy through tissue grasped between the jaw members.