Electrocautery method and apparatus

US9339323B2 · kind B2 · utility

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
• Erik Walberg · Redwood City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 2008
• Grant date: May 17, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2018/1273
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.