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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2011
Neil Warren, Penarth, GB;
Robin Crossley, Windsor, GB;
Steven Brown, Windsor, GB;
Andrew Cheer, Cardiff, GB;
Neil Warren, Penarth, GB;
Robin Crossley, Windsor, GB;
Steven Brown, Windsor, GB;
Andrew Cheer, Cardiff, GB;
ASALUS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS LIMITED, Cardiff, GB;
Abstract
Disclosed is apparatusfor the reduction or removal of smoke particles suspended in a local atmosphere A and resulting from a surgical procedure, the apparatus including or comprising two electrodesandeach in electrical communication with or being electrically connectable to opposite poles of a source of high voltage dc electricity. A first of the electrodesmay be electrically connectable to a patient P. and a secondmay be positionable within or adjacent a patient such that the two electrodes, when in communication with opposite poles of said high voltage, ionize said particles in use, for attracting said particles toward the patient or toward the second of the electrodes.