Patent ID: 8108994

Claim:
A process for manufacturing electrosurgical forceps comprising: blending a powder of silver particles and a powder of nickel particles to form a powder blend, the nickel content ranging from 5 weight percent to 40 weight percent, the balance comprising silver; compacting and sintering the powder blend to form a sintered body; extruding the sintered body to elongate and align particles of the nickel in a matrix of the silver; forming a blade member or a tip member from the extrusion; forming the blade member or the tip member into a first electrosurgical forceps blade; providing a second electrosurgical forceps blade; connecting the first electrosurgical blade and the second electrosurgical blade to electrodes at a connection; and fixing the connection between the first electrosurgical blade, the second electrosurgical blade, and the electrodes within an insulating cap portion.