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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter S Hennig, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
David T Green, Westport, CT (US);
Henry Bolanos, East Norwalk, CT (US);
Daniel Shichman, Trumbull, CT (US);
Charles E Gorman, Hamden, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604264 ; 604158 ; 604165 ; 606 34 ; 606 35 ; 128908 ;
Abstract
An accessory device for dissipating electrical energy from a surgical device is provided. The electrical energy is induced on the surgical device when a charge-inducing instrument, e.g. an unipolar electrocautery device, is energized in proximity thereto. The induced energy is dissipated by conveying the energy along an electrically conductive coating adhered to a housing of the device to an energy dissipation region.