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Electrocautery method and apparatus

US8696662B2 · kind B2 · utility

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355References

37Claims

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Joseph Eder · Los Altos, US
Benjamin Theodore Nordell, II · Menlo Park, US
Peter Seth Edelstein · Menlo Park, US
Camran Nezhat · Woodside, US
Mark Edward Kane · Orange Park, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 6, 2007
Grant date	Apr 15, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2018/165
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrode structure and a mechanism for automated or user-selected operation or compensation of the electrodes, for example to determine tissue coverage and/or prevent arcing between bottom electrodes during electrocautery is disclosed.

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