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Surgical tissue treating device with locking mechanism

  • US 5,807,393 A
  • Filed: 05/08/1995
  • Issued: 09/15/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical instrument comprising:

  • a tissue treating portion including;

    a therapeutic energy delivering device arranged to deliver therapeutic energy to tissue, and a tissue manipulation device;

    a shaft coupled to said tissue treating portion, said shaft including a therapeutic energy communication device operatively coupled to said therapeutic energy delivering device said energy delivering device and said energy communication device adapted to be actuated to deliver therapeutic energy to tissue;

    a tissue manipulation actuating device having a locked position and an unlocked position, said tissue manipulation actuating device extending through said shaft and operatively coupled to said tissue manipulation device;

    a locking mechanism coupled to said tissue manipulation actuating device for moving said tissue manipulation actuating device from said locked position to said unlocked position after said therapeutic energy delivering device and said therapeutic energy communication device are actuated to deliver therapeutic energy to tissue;

    a tissue parameter measurement and instrument control device adapted to provide a feedback signal representative of a tissue treatment status of tissue being treated by said therapeutic energy delivering device, said parameter measurement and instrument control device coupled to said tissue treating portion of said instrument; and

    a status indicator coupled to said parameter measurement and instrument control device, said status indicator arranged to provide a user perceptible signal indicating a tissue treatment status.

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