Patent ID: 7488319

Claim:
A resecting device comprising: a. a handle having a jaw trigger slidably engaged with said handle and mechanically engaged with a spring mechanism communicating a biasing force to said jaw trigger; b. a fixed shaft portion having a first and a second end, wherein said fixed shaft portion first end is affixed to said housing, wherein said fixed shaft portion second end forms a first jaw member, and wherein said first jaw member has a tissue contact area; c. a slidable shaft portion in communication with said spring mechanism and slidable relative to said fixed shaft portion, wherein said slidable shaft portion has a first and second end, wherein said slidable shaft portion first end is mechanically engaged with said spring mechanism, wherein said slidable shaft portion second end is mechanically engaged with a second jaw member so that said second jaw member and said first jaw member cooperate to form a set of cantilevered jaws, wherein said second jaw member has a tissue contact area oriented to face said tissue contact area of said first jaw member, wherein said tissue contact area of said first jaw member is biased away from said tissue contact area of said second jaw member via said spring mechanism, and wherein the distance between said tissue contact area of said first jaw member and said tissue contact area of said second jaw member is actuated by the position of said jaw trigger; d. a source of electrosurgical energy adapted to connect to said jaw members such that said tissue contact areas of said jaw members are capable of conducting energy through tissues held therebetween.