Patent · US Expired

Electrosurgical loop and instrument for laparoscopic surgery

US6176858A · kind A · utility

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9References

20Claims

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Assignee

Medsys S.A. · BE

Inventors

Jacques Dequesne · Lausanne, CH
Camille Constant · Gembloux, BE
Xavier Moreels · Gembloux, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 29, 1999
Grant date	Jan 23, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 29, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2018/141
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrosurgical cutting apparatus for performing laparoscopic section of an organ makes use of an electrical current transporter. The transporter includes a conducting wire, electrical insulation portions around the conducting wire at the first end and at the second end, forming respectively a first and a second insulated end and defining a non-insulated cutting portion between said first insulated end and said second insulated end, and a first fastening device located at the first end of the conducting wire and a second fastening device located at the second end of said conducting wire. The second fastening device is in electrical contact with the conducting wire.

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