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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2006
Applicant:
John D. Carlton, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventor:
John D. Carlton, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Assignee:
TYCO Healthcare Group LP, Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrosurgical instrument for treating tissue includes a housing having at least one tissue treating member attached thereto. The tissue treating member includes an electrically conductive tissue contacting surface connected to a source of electrosurgical energy such that the tissue contacting surface is capable of conducting electrosurgical energy to tissue. An energy conductive, ablative material is disposed on the electrically conductive tissue contacting surface and is configured to at least partially deplete during electrosurgical activation to reduce tissue adhesion.