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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
May. 11, 2015
Gyrus Acmi, Inc., Southborough, MA (US);
Kester J. Batchelor, Mound, MN (US);
Richard J. Curtis, Maple Grove, MN (US);
John Mensch, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jyue Boon Lim, New Brighton, MN (US);
Riyad Moe, Madison, WI (US);
GYRUS ACMI, INC., Southborough, MA (US);
Abstract
A medical device is provided that includes a hand piece, a heating power supply, and a therapy power supply. The hand piece includes a first electrode including a heater. The heating power supply selectively provides heating power to the heater. The therapy power supply selectively provides therapeutic power to the first electrode. The medical device is changeable between operating a first electrosurgical configuration and a second electrosurgical configuration. In the first electrosurgical configuration, the heating power supply provides the heating power to the heater to heat the first electrode and the therapy power supply provides the therapeutic power to the first electrode.