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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2021
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Jean Woloszko, Austin, TX (US);
Jonathan Gaspredes, Wilmington, MA (US);
Douglas G. Evans, Austin, TX (US);
Robert Lathrop, Lawrence, MA (US);
Brendan Smith, Austin, TX (US);
David Turner, Austin, TX (US);
Christopher J. Aholt, Austin, TX (US);
Troy S. Hemme, Minneapolis, MI (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
An electrosurgical wand is disclosed for treating a plurality of tissues at a variety of tissue locations. The electrosurgical wand includes a handle on a proximal end and an elongate shaft with a combination active electrode at the distal end. The combination active electrode includes with a blade and screen portion; the blade portion extending along and laterally from the wand longitudinal axis, forming a dissecting tip. The screen portion extends from the blade portion at an obtuse angle and has at least one aspiration aperture through it. The wand also includes a second and third electrode, proximally spaced from the combination active electrode. The second electrode spans a portion of an outside surface of the wand adjacent the blade portion, while the third electrode spans a portion of the outside surface of the wand opposite the second electrode.