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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:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul C Nardella, Wareham, MA (US);
Thomas A Wrublewski, Sharon, MA (US);
Piush Vidyarthi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Trinh N Nguyen, Foster City, CA (US);
Dai T Ton, Milpitas, CA (US);
Steven R Bacich, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Assignees:
Medical Scientific, Inc., Taunton, MA (US);
Conceptus, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 46 ; 606 48 ; 606 49 ; 606 50 ;
Abstract
An electrosurgical instrument having an active electrode with a portion that is coated with an insulative material. An exposed portion of the electrode is effective to treat tissue while the insulative coating minimizes energy dissipation into surrounding isotonic solution.