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THERMAL CAUTERY SURGICAL FORCEPS

  • US 20100030205A1
  • Filed: 10/12/2009
  • Published: 02/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A thermocautery surgical forceps comprising:

  • a surgical forceps body including a pair of elongate tine members extending from the forceps body to respective free end tip portions spaced from the forceps body, the tine members being mounted to the forceps body in a manner providing resilient compressible movement of the tine members between a normally open position wherein the tines are disposed in aligned, parallel, spaced-apart relationship and a squeezed closed position wherein the tip portions of the tine members are disposed in confronting abutting relationship;

    power source leads configured to be electrically connectable to a power supply;

    at least one of said tip portions of one of the tine members comprising a heater element connected to the power source leads and said heater element having a flat, gripping and heating surface defined on an inner facing surface of said at least one tip portion opposite the other of said tip portions; and

    the tine members configured to be squeezed together toward their squeezed closed position to grippingly, squeezably engage tissue to be cauterized or a blood vessel to be sealed between the flat gripping and heating surface of said heater element and the opposed tip portion of the other tine.

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