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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2016
Gyrus Acmi, Inc., Westborough, MA (US);
Kester J. Batchelor, Mound, MN (US);
Richard J. Curtis, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Christopher A. Cook, New York, NY (US);
Eric Kurtycz, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Riyad Moe, Madison, WI (US);
Gyrus Acmi, Inc., Westborough, MA (US);
Abstract
A multifunctional medical device, apparatus or system that is capable of perforating a surgical procedure or operation and also capable of attracting, collecting, removing or reducing debris generated by the surgical procedure or operation, on a subject The apparatus comprising a plurality of electrodes, two of which are configured to be in electrical communication with or being electrically connectable to opposite poles of a source of high voltage dc electricity to ionize, attract, collect, and remove or reduce debris. At least one of the electrodes is also configured to be part of a RF circuit to perform a surgical procedure or operation such as tissue cutting, cauterization tissue sealing or coagulating at a surgical site on the subject.