Surgical probe

US8092449B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Celon AG · DE

Inventors

• Kai Desinger · Berlin, DE
• Markus Fay · Berlin, DE
• Andre Roggan · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 2004
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 30, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2018/00083
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention concerns a surgical probe having electrodes for use in tissue ablation or coagulation. The probe has hollow spaces therein for delivering a cooling fluid to the probe. The probe has a handle and shaft and two axially-spaced electrodes on the surface of the shaft, separated from each other by an insulator.