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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
May. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US);
Inventor:
Derek Eilers, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/10 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61L 31/048 (2013.01); A61L 31/146 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0013 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00083 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00136 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00345 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrosurgical device having a pair of jaws, at least one electrode supported by one of the pair of jaws, and a sheet of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene positioned in covering relation to at least a portion of the at least one electrode. The sheet may have a porosity of between thirty and ninety percent. The sheet may have a plurality of pores with an average diameter of between 0.2 and 1.0 micrometers.