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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2007
Jihad Kaouk, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Jihad Kaouk, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for cauterizing and severing tissue from a patient's body is provided. The apparatus includes a sheath and a cauterization device. The sheath is adapted for insertion into the body. The sheath has a tubular cross-section and includes longitudinally spaced proximal and distal ends. The cauterization device includes a main body portion and a plurality of electrodes for contacting and cauterizing the tissue. Each electrode has longitudinally spaced proximal and distal ends and extends longitudinally through the sheath. The distal end of each electrode is adapted to selectively protrude from the distal end of the sheath to contact and cauterize the tissue. At least one of the plurality of electrodes includes at least one cutting edge formed adjacent the distal end for severing cauterized tissue from the body upon rotation of the main body portion.