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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2019
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Scott J. Prior, Shelton, CT (US);
Jacob C. Baril, Norwalk, CT (US);
Christopher M. Meehan, New Haven, CT (US);
Saumya Banerjee, Hamden, CT (US);
Amy L. Kung, Hamden, CT (US);
Thomas A. Zammataro, Hamden, CT (US);
Ernest A. Addi, Middletown, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
An electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical generator having active and return terminals, an electrosurgical instrument including an active electrode, a return instrument including a return electrode, an active plug configured to connect to the active terminal of the generator, a return plug configured to connect to the return terminal of the generator, an active cable extending from the return plug to the electro surgical instrument, a return cable extending from the return plug to the return instrument, a connector cable extending from the active plug to the return plug, and a mechanical switch mechanism disposed within the return plug. The mechanical switch mechanism has a disengaged position in which the active plug is electrically disconnected from the active cable and an engaged position in which the active plug is in electrical communication with the active cable.