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Surgical instruments and methods for performing tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy procedures

  • US 10,045,812 B2
  • Filed: 06/12/2015
  • Issued: 08/14/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of surgery, comprising:

  • grasping tissue between tissue-treating plates of first and second jaw members by moving the first and second jaw members from a spaced-apart position to a first approximated position;

    energizing the tissue-treating plates of the first and second jaw members for conducting energy through grasped tissue to treat grasped tissue; and

    separating grasped and treated tissue by moving the first and second jaw members from the first approximated position to a second approximated position, wherein moving the first and second jaw members from the first approximated position to the second approximated position laterally shifts the jaw members relative to one another from an aligned orientation, wherein the tissue-treating plates are aligned with one another, to an offset orientation, wherein the tissue-treating plates are laterally offset and parallel relative to one another.

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