Gas coagulation device
US5088997A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 1990 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2018/00017
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for enhancing the safety and efficiency of a hand-operated electrosurgical pencil having an electrode with a distal end defining a tip for cutting or coagulating biological tissue, which device comprises a nose piece adapted to be mounted about said electrode and containing conduit means defining converging pathways for streams of gas which impinge obliquely on said electrode at or near the tip thereof, and electrosurgical apparatus incorporating said device and a method for coagulating or cutting biological tissue using said apparatus.
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