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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2020
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Jacob C. Baril, Norwalk, CT (US);
Saumya Banerjee, Hamden, CT (US);
Ernest A. Addi, Middletown, CT (US);
Amy L. Kung, Hamden, CT (US);
Brian J. Creston, Madison, CT (US);
Scott J. Prior, Shelton, CT (US);
Thomas A. Zammataro, North Haven, CT (US);
Christopher M. Meehan, New Haven, CT (US);
Matthew A. Dinino, Newington, CT (US);
Justin J. Thomas, New Haven, CT (US);
Roy J. Pilletere, North Haven, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
An electrode assembly for an electrosurgical instrument includes a housing having an active electrical connector and a return electrical connector configured to operably engage a distal end of an electrosurgical instrument shaft, the housing encapsulating an elongated return electrode and a pair of insulative tubes configured to house a wire-like active electrode. The elongated return electrode includes a clevis at a distal end thereof and operably engages to the return electrical connector at a proximal end thereof. The wire-like active electrode operably engages at one end to the active electrical connector. A donut-like insulator is operably engaged to the clevis of the elongated return electrode and is configured to support the wire-like active electrode therearound. A tensioning mechanism is configured to operably engage an opposite end of the wire-like electrode and tension the wire-like active electrode about the donut-like insulator during assembly.