Electrosurgical hemostatic device

An electrosurgical instrument comprising:

• a handle,
• an actuating means coupled to said handle,
• an end effector coupled to the distal end of said actuating means,
• a means for communicating bipolar electrical energy from a bipolar energy source to said end effector,
• said end effector including:
• a first interfacing surface,
• a second interfacing surface,
• a first pole comprising one or more first electrodes of a first electrical potential located on at least one of said interfacing surfaces,
• a second pole comprising one or more second electrodes of a second electrical potential located on at least one of said interfacing surfaces, and
• an insulator arranged to offset each of said one or more first electrodes from each of said one or more second electrodes, at said interfacing surfaces,
• wherein said actuating means is capable of causing said end effector to engage tissue between the first interfacing surface and the second interfacing surface, and
• wherein said first pole and said second pole are comprised of electrically opposite electrodes capable of conducting electrical energy supplied from said means for communicating bipolar electrical energy from a bipolar energy source, through tissue adjacent said one or more first electrodes and said one or more second electrodes.

An electrosurgical device having an end effector comprising:

• a first jaw having a first interfacing surface and a second jaw having a second interfacing surface, said first and second jaws for engaging tissue therebetween;
• and
• electrically isolated first and second poles comprising electrically opposite electrodes capable of conducting bipolar energy therethrough, said first pole being comprised of a first electrode of a first electrical potential and said second pole being comprised of a second electrode of a second electrical potential;
• wherein each of said first and second electrodes is located on said first jaw and at least one of said first and second electrodes is located on said first interfacing surface.