Surgical Instrument and Method

Abstract: a surgical instrument includes a jaw assembly having a first jaw that includes a support structure with an opening, an electrically insulative material disposed on the support structure, and an operative element for applying energy to tissue, wherein the electrically insulative material extends through the opening of the support structure to thereby secure the electrically insulative material to the support structure.

Inventor(s): Ryan ABBOTT, Fred GINNEBAUGH

CPC Classification: A61B18/085 (by means of electrically-heated probes)

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