SURGICAL DEVICES UTILIZING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT) TO MONITOR AND CONTROL TISSUE SEALING

A surgical device, comprising: a shaft; an end effector assembly operably coupled to the shaft, the end effector assembly including: first and second jaw members each having a tissue contacting surface, at least one of the first and second jaw members movable between a first, spaced-apart position and a second, closed position; a tissue-sealing energy source disposed within at least the first jaw member and configured to provide tissue-sealing energy to tissue disposed between the first and second jaw members; an OCT probe configured to sense one or more properties of the tissue disposed between the first and second jaw members; and a controller coupled to the OCT probe and the tissue-sealing energy source, the controller configured to control the tissue-sealing energy source based on the one or more properties of the tissue sensed by the OCT probe.