Patent ID: 8641713

Claim:
An endoscopic forceps for vessel sealing, comprising: a housing; a shaft extending from the housing and including a distal end configured and adapted to support an end effector assembly; and an end effector assembly operatively supported on the distal end of the shaft, the end effector assembly including: a pair of jaw members movable from a first position in spaced relation relative to one another to at least a second position closer to one another for grasping tissue therebetween, each of the jaw members is adapted to connect to an electrosurgical energy source such that the pair of jaw members are capable of conducting energy through tissue held therebetween to affect a tissue seal, wherein the pair of jaw members are biased to the first position; and a wire snare having a proximal end connectable to an electrosurgical energy source and a distal end translatably extending out of a distal-most tip of one of the pair of jaw members and operatively associated with the other of the pair of jaw members, wherein withdrawal of the proximal end of the wire snare results in movement of the pair of jaw members from the first position to the second position and a cinching of the wire snare.