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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:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen M. Zappala, Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/700 ; A61B 1/818 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/700 ; A61B 1/818 ;
Abstract
A surgical radiofrequency needle point electrode for delivering both coagulating and cutting currents, comprising, at least one housing member; at least one needle point electrode having a surgically active region that is adapted to deliver both coagulating and cutting currents; and a telescoping member for at least temporarily maintaining the surgically active region of the electrode in the housing member.