SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY PROCEDURES

摘要

A surgical instrument includes an end effector assembly having first and second jaw members each including a tissue-treating plate. The jaw members are movable between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for grasping tissue between the tissue-treating plates thereof. One or both of the jaw members includes a bifurcated body having first and second jaw components. Each jaw component includes a tissue-treating plate portion disposed thereon. One or both of the jaw components is rotatable relative to the other between an aligned orientation, wherein the tissue-treating plate portions are substantially co-planar, and an angled orientation, wherein the tissue-treating plate portions are angled relative to one another. Rotation of the jaw component(s) from the aligned orientation to the angled orientation effects cutting of tissue grasped between the tissue-treating plates of the jaw members.

主权项

1. A surgical instrument, comprising:
an end effector assembly including first and second jaw members, each jaw member including a tissue-treating plate disposed thereon, the first and second jaw members movable between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for grasping tissue between the tissue-treating plates, at least one of the first and second jaw members including:
a bifurcated body having first and second jaw components, each of the first and second jaw components including a tissue-treating plate portion disposed thereon, the tissue-treating plate portions cooperating to define the tissue-treating plate of the jaw member, at least one of the first and second jaw components rotatable relative to the other between an aligned orientation, wherein the tissue-treating plate portions are substantially co-planar relative to one another, and an angled orientation, wherein the tissue-treating plate portions are angled relative to one another, wherein rotation of the at least one of the first and second jaw components from the aligned orientation to the angled orientation effects cutting of tissue grasped between the tissue-treating plates of the first and second jaw members.