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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Medtronic Advanced Energy Llc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Alexander J. Segit, Eliot, ME (US);
Jonathan J. Barry, Rochester, NH (US);
Amy Bradley, Newton, NH (US);
Peter Goodwin, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Advanced Energy LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/1477 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00101 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00107 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00148 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00916 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1412 (2013.01); A61B 2218/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrosurgical instrument with smoke evacuation, having an electrode, a suction lumen, and a plurality of slots connected to suction lumen, in which the slots may be longer than they are wide and wider than they are thick. The electrosurgical instrument may have the slots arranged longitudinally about its central axis, and the suction lumen may be wider than the slot widths.