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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.:

US 11937848 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2017

Port apparatus and sheath device for electrocautery and related methods thereof

Applicant:

University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Inventors:

Gorav Ailawadi, Charlottesville, VA (US);

James Hunter Mehaffey, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Assignee:

University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Attorney:

Robert J. Decker

Primary Examiner:

Nicholas W Woodall

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); C09K 19/02 (2006.01); C09K 19/38 (2006.01); F03G 7/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3476 (2013.01); A61B 17/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/34 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 18/00 (2013.01); A61B 18/08 (2013.01); A61B 18/12 (2013.01); A61B 18/1487 (2013.01); C09K 19/0208 (2013.01); C09K 19/38 (2013.01); F03G 7/0614 (2021.08); F03G 7/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3405 (2013.01); A61B 17/3415 (2013.01); A61B 17/3474 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00595 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); C09K 2219/03 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for performing electrocautery on a site of a subject that includes inserting a trocar device into the location of the site of the subject and electro-cauterizing the site of the subject using a diode included with the trocar device. A method and apparatus for performing electrocautery on a site of a subject that includes inserting one or more medical tubes or medical instruments or devices that extends through an expandable sheath; and electro-cauterizing the site of the subject using a diode included with the expandable sheath device.

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