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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2002
Michael E. Mcclurken, Durham, NH (US);
Arnold E. Oyola, Raymond, NH (US);
Jonathan E. Wilson, Amesbury, MA (US);
Christopher W. Maurer, Wakefield, MA (US);
Robert Luzzi, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Roger D. Greeley, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Michael E. McClurken, Durham, NH (US);
Arnold E. Oyola, Raymond, NH (US);
Jonathan E. Wilson, Amesbury, MA (US);
Christopher W. Maurer, Wakefield, MA (US);
Robert Luzzi, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Roger D. Greeley, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Salient Surgical Technologies, Inc., Portsmouth, NH (US);
Abstract
An electrosurgical device is provided which comprises a distal portion having a bipolar electrode configuration and at least one fluid outlet opening. The device further includes a first electrode tip spaced from a second electrode tip with the first electrode tip to serve as a first pole of the bipolar electrode configuration and the second electrode tip to serve as a second pole of the bipolar electrode configuration. The first and second electrode tips are configured to slide over a tissue surface in the presence of a fluid provided from the fluid outlet opening and an electrical current provided from the electrode tips.