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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.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert W Beard, Placerville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Oximetrix, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12830314 ; 12830317 ;
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a handle and a disposable assembly which can be readily replaced after each operation or as necessary. The disposable assembly includes both an electrically heated scalpel blade and an electrosurgical active electrode which are mounted in a spaced parallel arrangement so that they can be used alternately by rotating the instrument by 180 degrees. The mounted ends of both the blade and the electrode are adapted to be received by separate terminals in the instrument handle so that the appropriate external power sources can be selectively connected thereto.
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