Patent ID: 8968310
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. An electrosurgical forceps, comprising: a housing having a shaft extending therefrom; an end effector assembly operably coupled to a distal end of the shaft and including a pair of first and second jaw members, at least one of the first and second jaw members movable from an open configuration for positioning tissue therebetween, to a clamping configuration for grasping tissue therebetween; a knife blade assembly including a knife blade translatable within the first and second jaw members when the first and second jaw members are in the clamping configuration; and a knife blade lockout mechanism supported within the shaft and in operative communication with the knife blade assembly, the knife blade lockout mechanism including an elongated cam slot with a cam pin translatable therein from a distal end of the elongated cam slot corresponding to the first and second jaw members being in the open configuration and the knife blade lockout mechanism engaged with the knife blade assembly, to a proximal end of the elongated cam slot corresponding to the first and second jaw members being in the clamping configuration and the knife blade lockout mechanism disengaged from the knife blade assembly.