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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:
Apr. 07, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Harold Pike, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12830314 ; 12830317 ;
Abstract
A hand control for electrosurgical electrodes with the rocker arm current mode activating switch located near the front of the device. The activating switch allows a choice of coagulating current mode, cutting current mode, or neutral (no current mode). A three-position slide-locking mechanism allows the switch to be operated in one of three states: (1) complete freedom of choice of mode, (2) coagulating mode only, or (3) neutral (safety). A top-bottom symmetry and a sharp blade permit the device to be locked in the neutral position, inverted, and used as a conventional scalpel.