Patent ID: 8469993
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical device comprising: a handle; an end effector assembly; and a member connecting the handle to the end effector assembly, wherein the end effector assembly comprises opposing jaw portions each including a plurality of teeth, wherein each of the teeth includes a crest, a root, a first intermediate portion between the crest and the root, and a second intermediate portion between the crest and a root of an adjoining tooth, and wherein surfaces of first intermediate portions and surfaces of second intermediate portions of opposing as portions are configured to contact each other when the opposing jaw portions are fully closed, wherein the surfaces of the first intermediate portion and the second intermediate portion of a tooth are transverse to a longitudinal axis of the jaw portions with no portion of the surfaces of the first intermediate portion and the second intermediate portion of the tooth being aligned, and wherein the root has a recessed portion configured to accommodate a sharp, pointed tip of the crest of an opposing tooth, wherein a gap exists between the tip and the lowest point of the root of an opposing tooth when the opposing jaw portions are filly closed.