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US 10,478,243 B2Granted
Surgical instruments and methods for performing tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy procedures
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsGary M. Couture, Ryan C. Artale, John R. Twomey, Rebecca J. Coulson, David J. Van Tol
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Abstract
A method of surgery includes grasping tissue between tissue-contacting surfaces of first and second jaw members of an end effector assembly, supplying energy to at least one of the tissue-contacting surfaces to treat tissue grasped therebetween, and translating and/or manipulating the end effector assembly to cut tissue in a ripping fashion.
Claims8
A method of surgery, comprising:
- grasping tissue between tissue-contacting surfaces of first and second jaw members of an end effector assembly, wherein the tissue-contacting surface of the second jaw member has the same width as the second jaw member;
- supplying energy to at least one of the tissue-contacting surfaces to treat the tissue that is grasped between the tissue-contacting surfaces of the first and second jaw members of the end effector assembly;
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- cutting adjacent tissue disposed outside of an area defined between the tissue-contacting surfaces with a member extending from the first jaw member, wherein the member is immovably fixed relative to the tissue-contacting surface of the first jaw member, wherein grasping the tissue also affects cutting the adjacent tissue, and wherein cutting the adjacent tissue and supplying the energy are effected during a single grasping of the tissue.
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A method of surgery, comprising:
- grasping tissue between tissue-contacting surfaces of first and second jaw members of an end effector assembly, the tissue contacting surface of the second jaw member having a width that extends directly from a first outer edge of the second jaw member to a second outer edge of the second jaw member;
- supplying energy to at least one of the tissue-contacting surfaces to treat the tissue that is grasped between the tissue-contacting surfaces of the first and second jaw members of the end effector assembly;
- and
- cutting adjacent tissue disposed outside of an area defined between the tissue-contacting surfaces with a member extending from the first jaw member, wherein the member is fixed from movement relative to the tissue-contacting surface of the first jaw member, wherein grasping the tissue also affects cutting the adjacent tissue, and wherein supplying the energy is performed after grasping the tissue and after cutting the adjacent tissue.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.