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Electrosurgical apparatus having a safety circuit

US4662369A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 4, 1986
Grant dateMay 5, 1987
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Expiry dateApr 4, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S128/908
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrosurgical device having a generator for producing a radio frequency current. The device senses an RF current leakage and thereby reduces the output of the RF generator so as to limit the amount of RF leakage to levels below a predetermined value.

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