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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:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 45 ; 606 39 ; 606 41 ;
Abstract
The cutting surfaces of electrosurgical instruments are provided with an electroconductive coating of an inorganic silicon-containing non-stick material such as amorphous silica deposited thereon by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition.