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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:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1998
Christopher D Casscells, Greenville, DE (US);
Ramiro L Reyes, Union City, CA (US);
Hugh R Sharkey, Woodside, CA (US);
Oratec Interventions, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an integrated surgical and cauterizing apparatus, comprising a surgical instrument including a drive member, a cannula, and a tool, and the cannula attached at a proximal end to the drive member and defining at a distal end thereof an opening, and the tool including a shaft and a tip, and the shaft contained within he cannula and connecting the tip in the opening of the cannula to the drive member to produce a surgical motion of the tip; and a cauterizing instrument comprising at least one electrode, and a conductor, and at least one electrode affixed to the cannula adjacent to the distal end of the cannula and the conductor providing an electrical path from the at least one electrode for the application of electrical power to the at least one electrode to produce a cauterizing effect.