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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2017
Applicant:
U.s. Patent Innovations, Llc, Takoma Park, MD (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
US Patent Innovations, LLC, Takoma Park, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61L 31/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/042 (2013.01); A61L 31/026 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00083 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1417 (2013.01); A61B 2218/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for gas-assisted electrosurgery having a gas-assisted electrosurgical probe comprising a tube and an electrode within said tube, wherein a distal end portion of said electrode extends from an opening at a distal end of said tube and an electrically insulating tip connected to a distal end of said electrode. The electrically insulating tip has a substantially hemispherical distal end portion having a radius rand a proximal portion having a circular cross-section and a central axis of a length l, wherein l>r.