Surgical clamp

Details Surgical clamp Surgical clamp

2011-05-31

2011-05-31

Dvorak, Linda C (Department: 3739)

Surgery

Instruments

Electrical application

C606S205000, C606S207000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07951147

ABSTRACT:
A novel surgical clamp having a pair of jaws, which may be used to ablate or create leisons in tissue. In embodiment, the jaws have an articulated position wherein the jaws are separated and not parallel to one another, an opened position wherein the jaws are separated and substantially parallel to one another, and a closed position wherein the jaws are adjacent and substantially parallel to one another. One or more of the jaws can articulate independent of the other jaw. Other embodiments are described in the attached specification.

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