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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
May. 22, 2003
Csaba Truckai, Saratoga, CA (US);
James A. Baker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gabor Gran, San Jose, CA (US);
John H. Shadduck, Tiburon, CA (US);
Csaba Truckai, Saratoga, CA (US);
James A. Baker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gabor Gran, San Jose, CA (US);
John H. Shadduck, Tiburon, CA (US);
SurgRx, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrosurgical medical device and method for creating thermal welds in engaged tissue that carries the electrosurgical components in a disposable cartridge. The instrument also can carry a blade member in a disposable cartridge, thus making the instrument system inexpensive to use. In another embodiment, the electrical leads of the cartridge have a surface coating of a thermochromic material to provide the physician with a visual indicator of operational parameters when applying energy to tissue.