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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Medtronic Advanced Energy Llc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Eliot F. Bloom, Hopkinton, NH (US);
Brian M. Conley, South Berwick, ME (US);
Jonathan J. Barry, Stratham, NH (US);
Roger D. Greeley, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Steven G. Miller, Milton, NH (US);
Chad M. Greenlaw, Somersworth, NH (US);
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 17/1664 (2013.01); A61B 17/1675 (2013.01); A61B 17/1684 (2013.01); A61B 18/082 (2013.01); A61B 18/1402 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00261 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0094 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00178 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00928 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00958 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00988 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1253 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1412 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1415 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1472 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrosurgical device includes a first electrode spaced alongside a second electrode. The device can be operated as either a bipolar device or a monopolar device and includes a switch to inhibit capacitive coupling to one of the electrodes when the other electrode is used in monopolar fashion.