Surgical device with dual cutting and service features

A surgical device, comprising:

• a housing configured for handling by a user and comprising a plurality of operator interfacing features;
• a patient interfacing tip arranged at, or spaced apart from, a distal end of the housing and controllable by the operator interfacing features, the patient interfacing tip comprising a pair of jaws configured to grasp tissue, an electrode on each jaw configured to seal tissue, and an articulating blade configured to cut tissue in a grasp of the pair of jaws;
• an optical element extending from a laser source connecting end at or near the housing to the patient interfacing tip and configured to emit laser energy to cut tissue, the optical element being arranged in a working channel extending through a jaw of the pair of jaws to an orifice at a distal end of the jaw;
• and
• an active service element secured to the patient interfacing tip and being operable through a grasping operation of the pair of jaws to wipe a distal tip of the optical element extending out of the distal end of the jaw,
• wherein:
• the pair of jaws and the articulating blade are adapted for coarse cutting of tissue and the optical element is configured for precise cutting of tissue;
• and
• the active service element comprises a laterally extending element arranged on a first jaw of the pair of jaws and further arranged to pass across a distal end of a second jaw of the pair of jaws, where the working channel and optical element are arranged in the second jaw.