Patent · US Expired

Electro-surgical instrument and method of fabrication

US5562659A · kind A · utility

273Cited by
8References
5Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateSep 9, 1992
Grant dateOct 8, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 9, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2018/00119
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for producing an exceptionally durable electrical insulation coating for electro-surgical instrumentation with excellent insulative properties in the 500 KHZ to 1 MHZ frequency range which can drastically reduce, if not totally eliminate, many problems of current electrical insulation materials in use. A process of ceramic plasma deposition is used. A thin ceramic coating can be readily applied to new or existing mono/bipolar surgical instrumentation.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.