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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. 18, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louis Delahuerga, Louisville, CO (US);
Robert B Stoddard, Boulder, CO (US);
Michael S Klicek, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Valleylab, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 42 ; 606 37 ; 606 45 ; 606 49 ;
Abstract
A device for enhancing the safety and efficiency of a hand-operated electrosurgical pencil having an electrode with a distal end defining a tip for cutting or coagulating biological tissue, which device comprises a nose piece adapted to be mounted about said electrode and containing conduit means defining converging pathways for streams of gas which impinge obliquely on said electrode at or near the tip thereof, and electrosurgical apparatus incorporating said device and a method for coagulating or cutting biological tissue using said apparatus.
Published as:
NO911033D0; DE9103185U1; CA2128996A1; CA2128997A1; FI911265A7; FI911265L; NO911033L; EP0447121A2; IE910856A1; AU7356391A; US5088997A; EP0447121A3; AU1302192A; AU624554B2; JPH04220248A; AU647895B2; CA2038192C; CA2128996C; CA2128997C; JPH0898844A; JP2506509B2; EP0447121B1; ATE155027T1; DE69126721D1; JP2642086B2; ES2103774T3; DE69126721T2; GR3024636T3; DK0447121T3;