Surgery – Instruments – Electrical application
Patent
1999-02-02
2000-12-26
Peffley, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Electrical application
606 41, 606 45, A61B 1818
Patent
active
061651753
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to a bipolar electrosurgical instrument suitable for use in mesentery tissue and other suitable tissue structures, including vessels. A bipolar electrosurgical instrument according to the present invention includes an end effector which includes a tissue slot and electrodes arranged on either side of the tissue slot. The opposing electrodes are electrically connected such that tissue passing through the slot is electrically treated with electrosurgical current passing laterally through the tissue. An end effector according to the present invention further includes a tissue separator arranged at the end of the slot to divide tissue as it is passed through the slot and after it is treated.
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Dobler Kendall L.
Speeg Trevor W. V.
Wampler Scott D.
Yates David C.
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.
Peffley Michael
Shay Bernard E.
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