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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2018
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Mani Prakash, Boulder, CO (US);
Francesca Rossetto, Longmont, CO (US);
Steven Kim, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brian Shiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thomas J. Fogarty, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Sascha Zarins, Los Gatos, CA (US);
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
An electrosurgical energy channel splitter apparatus includes a channel input a plurality of channel outputs, and a controller. The channel input is configured to receive electrosurgical energy from an electrosurgical energy source. Each channel output is configured to couple to a respective electrosurgical device. The controller is coupled to the channel input and the plurality of channel outputs. The controller is configured to selectively direct the electrosurgical energy from the channel input to one of the plurality of channel outputs.