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US 2015/0032106 A1Published application
Vessel corset for use with electrosurgical forceps
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorTHOMAS M. RACHLIN
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Abstract
A system for treating tissue is provided. The system includes a forceps having opposing jaw members at a distal end thereof configured to treat tissue. A corset is configured to be wrapped around tissue and stretched to reduce an overall cross section of tissue and allow the jaw members to grasp the tissue for surgical treatment thereof
Claims15
A system for treating tissue, comprising:
- a forceps having opposing jaw members at a distal end thereof configured to treat tissue;
- and
- a corset configured to be wrapped around tissue and stretched to reduce an overall cross section of tissue and allow the jaw members to grasp the tissue for surgical treatment thereof.
A method for electrosurgically treating tissue, comprising:
- wrapping a deformable corset around tissue of interest;
- coupling opposing ends of the corset to one another to secure the corset to the tissue of interest;
- stretching the corset to a deformed condition with a reduced cross-section to facilitate grasping the corresponding reduced cross section of the tissue with a pair of opposing jaw members;
- grasping the corset with the jaw members;
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- applying electrosurgical energy to the tissue of interest to electrosurgically treat the tissue of interest.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.