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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:

Medtronic Advanced Energy Llc, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61B 18/1402 (2013.01); A61B 18/148 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00029 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00345 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00619 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1253 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1412 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1415 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1472 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01);
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.


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