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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Uwe Bacher, Tuttlingen, DE;
Rainer Hermle, Gosheim, DE;
Andreas Efinger, Rietheim, DE;
Hans-Peter Eisele, Tuttlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1482 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01); A61B 2218/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical coagulation instrument having a shaft as well as at least one electrode tip that extends beyond the distal end of the shaft. To create a coagulation instrument whose electrodes are of simple structure and ensure an atraumatic and safe handling, at least one electrode tip should be widened or be configured as widening in the distal direction.