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Electrosurgical instrument with closing tube for conducting RF energy and moving jaws

  • US 6,773,435 B2
  • Filed: 08/16/2002
  • Issued: 08/10/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A bipolar electrosurgical instrument comprising:

  • a handle;

    a first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor mounted to the handle;

    a first jaw and a second jaw operably connected to the handle, the first jaw and the second jaw movable relative to one another between an open position and a closed position for approximating tissue therebetween in a tissue-grasping region;

    a first electrode electrically connected to the first conductor, the first electrode having a first conducting surface for contacting tissue approximated between the first and second jaws, the first conducting surface having a first electrical polarity; and

    a closing tube operably connected to the handle, the closing tube comprising a second electrode electrically connected to the second conductor, the second electrode having at least one second conducting surface for contacting tissue approximated between the first jaw and the second jaw.

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