Surgery – Instruments – Electrical application
Patent
1998-03-04
1999-12-28
Peffley, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Electrical application
606 41, 606 49, 606180, A61B 1736
Patent
active
060075333
ABSTRACT:
A surgical apparatus includes: a surgical instrument including a housing and a cannula; and a surgical tool including a shaft, and a tip, and a longitudinal member. The longitudinal member is contained within the shaft and is extendable from an interior position to an exterior position in which it is energized in the exterior position to produce a cauterizing action at the tip.
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Casscells Christopher D.
Sharkey Hugh R.
Oratec Interventions, Inc.
Peffley Michael
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