Vessel sealer and divider with blade deployment alarm

VESSEL SEALER AND DIVIDER WITH BLADE DEPLOYMENT ALARM A forceps (104), comprising: a pair of jaw members (124) movable relative to one another about a pivot, at least one of the jaw members (124) including an electrically conductive tissue engaging surface (195) adapted to connect to an electrosurgi...

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Hauptverfasser: DUNNE, J. BRUCE, WILKESANDERS, GENEVA, MCKENNA, NICOLE
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:VESSEL SEALER AND DIVIDER WITH BLADE DEPLOYMENT ALARM A forceps (104), comprising: a pair of jaw members (124) movable relative to one another about a pivot, at least one of the jaw members (124) including an electrically conductive tissue engaging surface (195) adapted to connect to an electrosurgical energy source (102), at least one of the jaw members (124) including a channel (128) defined therealong; a cutting blade (134) configured to selectively translate within the channel (128) between a proximal-most position and a distal-most positions; and an alarm (108) configured to emit a signal when the cutting blade (134) is deployed from the proximal-most position along the channel (128), wherein the emission.