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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:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
James R Morris, Sedalia, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 49 ; 606 41 ; 606 50 ; 606 52 ; 128D / ;
Abstract
In a bipolar surgical shears, pivoted cutting members serve as a first electrode, and separate conductors, mounted on the cutting members and insulated therefrom, serve as second and third electrodes. One of the second and third electrodes is connected to a terminal on the opposite cutting member through a pivot pin comprising an insulating tube, so that all power supply connections are mounted on one of the pivoted cutting members. A power supply can be switched selectably to a selected one, or both, of the second and third electrodes.