Patent ID: 8858554

Claim:
An electrosurgical forceps, comprising: a housing having a movable handle and a shaft that extends therefrom; at least one electromechanical device in operative communication with the movable handle and operatively coupled to a drive rod that extends through the shaft, the at least one electromechanical device configured to receive an actuation signal from an electrosurgical energy source configured to provide electrosurgical energy to the electrosurgical forceps when the movable handle is actuated; and 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 operably coupled to the drive rod for imparting movement thereof from an open configuration to a closed configuration to grasp tissue, wherein the drive rod includes at least one mechanical interface at a distal end thereof configured to engage a corresponding mechanical interface on the at least one moveable jaw member such that actuation of the movable handle energizes the at least one electromechanical device to impart movement of the drive rod to move the at least one movable jaw member between the open configuration and closed configuration.