Patent ID: 8114122
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A forceps adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy for performing an electrosurgical procedure comprising: a housing having a shaft that extends therefrom that defines a longitudinal axis therethrough; a hydraulic mechanism that includes a fluid line and a plunger operatively coupled to the fluid line, the plunger translatable within at least a portion of the shaft; and an end effector assembly operatively connected to a distal end of the shaft having a pair of first and second jaw members biased in an open configuration, each of the first and second jaw members including at least one aperture at a proximal end thereof configured to receive at least a portion of the plunger when the fluid is caused to flow within the fluid line such that the first and second jaw members move from an open position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another, to a clamping wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween.