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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:
Jan. 31, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dean L Milani, Highland Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Medical Research Laboratories, Niles, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1284 / ; 128908 ; 12830313 ;
Abstract
A protective device for an EKG monitor for use in surgical electrocautery which employs an electrocautery surgical knife supplied with radio frequency power and an EKG monitoring apparatus having an input and including a scope providing an EKG display. Electrodes are provided for attachment to a surgical patient and are connected to the apparatus by the protective device, which includes a radio frequency detector and disabling apparatus which removes signal from the EKG monitor input in the presence of radio frequency energy.