Patent ID: 9078683
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical separator, the separator comprising: a base; a plurality of separation tongs each movably coupled to the base at their proximal end, wherein the plurality of separation tongs have distal ends each having a blunt profile; and a cable coupled to the base, the cable including an optical fiber, where the base is arranged to position the optical fiber to aim an optical energy beam from the optical fiber out from the base and between the plurality of separation tongs at a centered point between distal ends of the plurality of separation tongs; wherein the cable further includes at least one element providing a control signal that controls operation of the plurality of separation tongs to move between and open position and a closed position; wherein when the distal ends of each of the plurality of separation tongs are positioned together into the closed position, the exterior profile of the plurality of separation tongs forms a wedge shape having a tip where the plurality of separation tongs meet; and at least one thermocouple embedded within a first tong of the plurality of tongs and arranged to monitor a temperature of the first tong.