US 12,390,299 B2
Sealer divider
Jeffrey Nelson, Plymouth, MN (US); Kester Julian Batchelor, Mound, MN (US); Nikhil M. Murdeshwar, Maple Grove, MN (US); Eric J. Boone, Saint Michael, MN (US); and Christian J. Fiksen, Maple Grove, MN (US)
Assigned to Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Westborough, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/267,741
Filed by GYRUS ACMI, INC., Southborough, MA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/046161
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/033950, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/717,169, filed on Aug. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0307859 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 90/03 (2016.02) [A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00083 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1455 (2013.01); A61B 2090/035 (2016.02)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a first jaw having a gripping surface;
a second jaw having a gripping surface, the second jaw being spaced apart from the first jaw and being configured to move between an open position and a closed position; and
a sealer divider having a plurality of stops extending beyond the gripping surface of the first jaw or the gripping surface of the second jaw, the plurality of stops including at least:
one or more distal stops having a height;
one or more proximal stops having a height; and
a plurality of intermediate stops including at least a first intermediate stop located on the first jaw and a second intermediate stop located on the second jaw in an opposed position so that when the first jaw and the second jaw are closed, the first intermediate stop contacts the second intermediate stop to have a combined height that is greater than the height of the one or more distal stops and the height of the one or more proximal stops;
wherein the first and second jaws are flexible and configured to elastically deform during a gripping of tissue or an anatomical feature therebetween;
wherein the plurality of stops are non-conductive;
wherein the first jaw and the second jaw have a proximal end and a distal end; and
wherein contact between the first intermediate stop and the second intermediate stop produces a gap that is widest at the proximal end and narrowest at the distal end.