US 8,864,753 B2 · Surgical Forceps Connected to Treatment Light Source

Abstract

A forceps includes an end effector assembly having first and second jaw members movable relative to one another between a spaced-apart position, a first approximated position, and a second approximated position. One or both of the jaw members including a first stop member coupled thereto and disposed between the jaw members. The first stop member is longitudinally translatable along a surface of the at least one jaw member from a first position, wherein the first stop member inhibits approximation of the jaw members beyond the first approximated position, and a second position, wherein the first stop member inhibits approximation of the jaw members beyond the second approximated position.

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Dependent claims

A forceps, comprising:

an end effector assembly including first and second jaw members, each of the jaw members defining an opposed tissue contacting surface, at least one of the jaw members movable relative to the other between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for grasping tissue therebetween, at least one of the jaw members including a tensioning mechanism disposed within a cavity defined therein, the tensioning mechanism including a belt supported thereon, a segment of the belt defining at least a portion of the tissue contacting surface of the jaw member, the tensioning mechanism transitionable between a generally un-tensioned state, wherein the segment of the belt is relatively less tensioned, and a tensioned state, wherein the segment of the belt is relatively more tensioned.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Surgical Forceps Connected to Treatment Light Source

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Abstract

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