公开(公告)号：US20200215334A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-09

申请号：US16818972

申请日：2020-03-13

申请人： Hutchinson Technology Incorporated

发明人： Michael W. Davis ,  Douglas P. Riemer ,  Clark T. Olsen ,  Steven R. Lagergren ,  Paul V. Pasavento

IPC分类号： A61N1/375 ,  C23C18/16 ,  C25D7/00 ,  C25D5/50 ,  C25D5/48 ,  C25D7/06 ,  C25D5/56 ,  C25D3/04 ,  C23C18/32 ,  B23K20/233 ,  B23K20/10 ,  B23K20/02 ,  B23K1/19 ,  B23K1/00

摘要： A surgical instrument and related methods are described. The surgical instrument includes a first jaw including a first structural jaw element and a first sealplate fixed to the first structural jaw element and a second jaw including a second structural jaw element and a second sealplate fixed to the second structural jaw element. The second structural jaw element is moveably coupled to the first structural jaw element to facilitate pinching tissue between the first and second sealplates. The first and second sealplates are configured to facilitate sealing tissue pinched therebetween. The first jaw further includes a metallized tie layer between the first sealplate and the first structural jaw element, wherein the first sealplate is fixed to the first structural jaw element via a metal to metal joint between the first sealplate and the metallized tie layer.