Patent ID: 8100908

Claim:
A medical device comprising: a laparoscopic grasper comprising a first grasping arm and a second grasping arm, each of said grasping arms configured to be rotatably opened and closed upon each other, said first grasping arm having a first grasping face and said second grasping arm having second grasping face; a first layer of resilient material disposed on the grasping face of the first arm; a second layer of resilient material disposed on the grasping face of the second arm; a wire disposed on the first layer of resilient material so as to be trapped between the grasping faces of the first and second grasping arm upon closing of the grasper; and a plate having a thermally conductive portion and an electrically insulative portion and disposed on the first layer of resilient material such that the plate is sandwiched between the wire and the first layer of resilient material, the plate being arcuate in a direction of a transverse cross section of the grasper.