An atraumatic microsurgical forceps may include an actuation structure, an actuation sleeve having an actuation sleeve distal end and an actuation sleeve proximal end, a surgical blank, and atraumatic forceps jaws of the surgical blank having atraumatic forsceps jaws distal ends and atraumatic forceps jaws proximal ends. The invention includes a conductive path configured to receive a current therethrough. Various embodiments of the present invention are particularly advantageous because they offer a calibration system that is less invasive than the systems currently available.