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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2000
Niels Kornerup, Rungsted, DK;
Lina Medical APS, Glostrup, DK;
Abstract
An electrosurgical device for coagulating and for making incisions in or severing tissue such as blood vessels, the device comprising forceps jaws ( ) for immobilizing a tissue portion to be coagulated and incised, the forceps jaws ( ) being connected to means for applying an electrical tension between said forceps jaws for coagulating the tissue portion, the device further comprising a member ( ) for being displaced between said forceps jaws ( ) to incise a tissue portion held between the forceps jaws and coagulated thereby, the member ( ) being connected to means for applying an electrical voltage to said member for performing an incision in said tissue by means of said electrical voltage applied to said member ( ) the member ( ) preferably being blunt such that the incision substantially exclusively is achieved by means of the voltage applied to the member ( ). For preventing the generation of smoke through charring of the tissue portion, a tube is provided for supplying an electrically non-conductive, cooling liquid to the tissue portion.