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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2016
Baylis Medical Company Inc., Montreal, CA;
Gareth Davies, Toronto, CA;
John Paul Urbanski, Toronto, CA;
Ellen Harfield, Rockwood, CA;
Mahmood Mirza, Toronto, CA;
Yun Uhm, Toronto, CA;
Linus Leung, Toronto, CA;
Ferryl Alley, Devonshire, BM;
Baylis Medical Company Inc., Mississauga, CA;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing forward fluid delivery through an electrosurgical device, while avoiding coring when energy is delivered to the electrosurgical device. The device has a distal face defining an opening, with the distal face including at least one cutting portion and at least one non-cutting portion. An embodiment of the electrosurgical device for puncturing tissue includes an elongate member defining a lumen for receiving a fluid; a distal face defining at least one aperture; and the distal face including at least one cutting portion and at least one non-cutting portion cooperating to produce an elongated cut in a tissue when electrical energy is delivered to the distal face while avoiding coring of the tissue.