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Vessel sealer and divider

  • US 7,101,373 B2
  • Filed: 04/06/2001
  • Issued: 09/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electrosurgical instrument, comprising:

  • a housing having a shaft attached thereto, the shaft defining a longitudinal axis;

    a first jaw member movable relative to a second jaw member, the first jaw member attached to the shaft and being relatively movable from a first open position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second closed position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween;

    a handle attached to the housing which imparts movement of the first jaw member from the first and second positions;

    a rotating assembly attached to the housing which rotates the jaw members about the longitudinal axis;

    first and second electrical leads which connect the jaw members to a source of electrical energy such that the jaw members are capable of conducting energy through tissue held therebetween; and

    at least one of the first and second electrical leads including a slack loop disposed in the rotating assembly which permits rotation of the jaw members about the longitudinal axis.

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