Technologies for operating an energy-based surgical instrument based on time-dependent clamp pressure

A method for operating an energy-based surgical instrument, the method comprising:

• determining, by a controller of the energy-based surgical instrument, whether application of an energy mode of the energy-based surgical instrument has been requested;
• controlling, by the controller and in response to a determination that the application of the energy mode has been requested, a jaw assembly of the energy-based surgical instrument to apply a pre-energy mode clamp pressure to patient tissue captured in the jaw assembly prior to application of the requested energy mode;
• activating, by the controller, the requested energy mode subsequent to application of the pre-energy mode clamp pressure to the patient tissue;
• and
• controlling, by the controller, the jaw assembly to apply an energy mode clamp pressure to the patient tissue while the requested energy mode is activated, wherein the energy mode clamp pressure is different from a pre-energy mode clamp pressure.