Patent ID: 8852228

Claim:
A forceps adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy for performing an electrosurgical procedure comprising: a housing having a shaft that extends therefrom that defines a longitudinal axis therethrough; a hydraulic mechanism that includes a fluid line; a plunger assembly operatively coupled to the fluid line, the plunger assembly having first and second plungers, the plunger assembly translatable along the longitudinal axis and within at least a portion of the shaft; and an end effector assembly, operatively connected to a distal end of the shaft, having a pair of first and second jaw members biased in an open configuration, each of the first and second jaw members including at least one aperture defined at a proximal end thereof configured to receive at least a portion of the first plunger, wherein the first plunger is configured to selectively engage the first and second jaw members to move the first and second jaw members from the open configuration to a clamping position wherein the first and second jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween to treat the tissue, wherein the second plunger is translatable with respect to the first plunger and configured to selectively engage at least one of the first and second jaw members to sever the treated tissue, and wherein the first plunger includes at least two prongs extending from a proximal portion thereof, each one of the at least two prongs configured to engage a different one of the at least one aperture associated with each of the first and second jaw members.