Surgery – Instruments – Electrical application
Patent
1997-04-30
1999-07-20
Cohen, Lee
Surgery
Instruments
Electrical application
606 48, 606 49, 606 50, 29825, A61B 1739
Patent
active
059250437
ABSTRACT:
An electrosurgical blade is provided having a ceramic coating which is conductive, flexible and provides a surface which inhibits the build up of charred tissue. These properties enable the electrosurgical blade to deliver controlled amounts of radio-frequency energy to tissue. The manufacturing process produces a coating of titanium nitride on a stainless steel blade which is amorphous, enabling the electrosurgical blade to bend with the blade in order to perform a wide variety of surgical procedures without damaging the coating. The electrosurgical blade can therefore be used to efficiently cut, coagulate, fulgurate and desiccate tissue. While the blade is primarily used in the monopolar mode, the present invention also encompasses at least two electrosurgical electrodes having the same ceramic coating as the electrosurgical blade, and used in the bipolar mode for coagulation. The coating can be applied on a variety of shapes of electrocautery instruments.
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Kumar B. Ajit
Olsen Don B.
Cohen Lee
MedQuest Products, Inc.
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