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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:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2009
Applicants:
John P. Ariola, Jr., Norton, MA (US);
Lawrence T. Kirwan, Jr., Pembroke, MA (US);
Inventors:
John P. Ariola, Jr., Norton, MA (US);
Lawrence T. Kirwan, Jr., Pembroke, MA (US);
Assignee:
Kirwan Surgical Products LLC, Marshfield, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 43/00 (2006.01); H05K 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrosurgical forceps has at least the tip of one blade member formed of a composite material having aligned elongated particles of nickel interspersed in a matrix of silver particles. The tip can be provided as a tip member attached, such as by brazing, to the body of the blade member, or the entire blade member can be formed of the silver/nickel composite material. In another embodiment, the tip or blade member is formed of a dispersion strengthened silver or copper composite material.