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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Medtronic Advanced Energy Llc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Roger D. Greeley, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Donald Earles, Exeter, NH (US);
David Flanagan, Somersworth, NH (US);
Eliot Bloom, Hopkinton, NH (US);
Brian Conley, South Berwick, ME (US);
Jonathan Barry, Stratham, NH (US);
MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
The disclosure provides a fluid-assisted electrosurgical device. The device comprises a first electrode, a second electrode and at least one fluid outlet. In one embodiment, the first electrode has a distal portion with an electrically conductive spherical surface, the second electrode has a distal portion with an electrically conductive spherical surface, and at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode have a blade portion.