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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. 28, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher D Casscells, Greenville, DE (US);
Hugh R Sharkey, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Oratec Interventions, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 45 ; 606 41 ; 606 49 ; 606180 ;
Abstract
A surgical apparatus includes: a surgical instrument including a housing and a cannula; and a surgical tool including a shaft, and a tip, and a longitudinal member. The longitudinal member is contained within the shaft and is extendable from an interior position to an exterior position in which it is energized in the exterior position to produce a cauterizing action at the tip.