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Surgical forceps including thermal spread control

  • US 9,439,717 B2
  • Filed: 04/15/2014
  • Issued: 09/13/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A surgical instrument, comprising:

  • at least one electrically-conductive plate adapted to connect to a source of energy for supplying energy to tissue to treat tissue;

    a temperature sensing element; and

    a thermal spread control assembly coupled to the temperature sensing element, the thermal spread control assembly configured to determine a flow rate of heat energy across the temperature sensing element and to at least one of;

    control the energy applied to the at least one electrically-conductive plate and control active cooling of the temperature sensing element, in accordance with the determined flow rate of heat energy.

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