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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald J Brinkerhoff, New Richmond, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 41 ; 606 32 ; 606 50 ; 606 48 ; 606205 ;
Abstract
A bipolar electrosurgical scissors adapted to electrically cauterize and desiccate organic tissue prior to cutting the tissue in order to reduce or prevent bleeding. The bipolar electrosurgical scissors include a pair of scissor members attached through an electrically insulating point. Each scissor member includes, at a distal end, a shearing surface with a plurality of electrode regions interspersed between a plurality of insulating regions. The insulator regions are offset such that upon closure of the shearing members, the insulation region of one shearing member opposes a corresponding electrode on the other shearing member.
Published as:
CA2201064A1; EP0797959A1; AU1656197A; US5700261A; JPH1028693A; AU707928B2; EP0797959B1; DE69719581D1; DE69719581T2; CA2201064C;