Electrosurgical instrument

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1995-11-07

1997-12-02

Shay, David M.

Surgery

Instruments

Electrical application

606 45, 427 228, 427379, 427409, 427435, A61B 1736

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active

056930500

ABSTRACT:
An electrosurgical instrument comprising a work implement having a medically acceptable working edge with a plurality of layers of different compositions including an inner primer layer with an electrically conductive polymer with a coating thickness of about 0.3 mil, an intermediate layer having a coating thickness of about 0.1 mil, and an outer protective layer having a low coefficient of friction with a thickness of about 0.3 mil to reduce the adhesion of charred tissue during surgical procedures involving cauterization or cutting of tissue utilizing high frequency electrical energy as the source of power.

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