Patent ID: 8251994
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A forceps, comprising: a housing; a trigger movable along a travel path relative to the housing between an untranslated position and a translated position; a pair of jaw members selectively positionable relative to one another about a pivot, each of the jaw members including an electrically conductive tissue engaging surface adapted to connect to an electrosurgical energy source; a cutting blade configured to selectively translate within a blade channel defined within at least one jaw member in response to movement of the trigger; and an alarm including at least a portion extending along a plane into the travel path of the trigger, the alarm emitting a signal when the trigger crosses the plane as the trigger moves between the untranslated position and the translated position, the signal indicative of the cutting blade being deployed into the blade channel, wherein the emission of the signal is independent of the activation of the electrosurgical energy source.