Surgery – Instruments – Electrical application
Patent
1993-12-06
1996-01-16
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Electrical application
606 39, 606 40, 606 42, 606 45, A61B 1739
Patent
active
054844347
ABSTRACT:
A surgical scalpel for cutting the tissue of a patient and for selectively applying an electrosurgical cutting current or an electrosurgical coagulation current from an electrosurgical generator to the patient, includes a scalpel body defining a contoured external surface configured to be held comfortably in the hand of a surgeon, and an electrically conductive blade, mounted on and extending from the scalpel body, for cutting the tissue of a patient and for selectively applying electrosurgical cutting current or electrosurgical coagulation current to the tissue of a patient. The scalpel further includes a cable having an electrical connector for electrical connection to the electrosurgical generator, and manual switch means, mounted on the scalpel body, for controlling the application of electrosurgical cutting current and electrosurgical coagulation current to the tissue of a patient.
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Cartmell Robert L.
Goubeaux Carl E.
New Dimensions in Medicine, Inc.
Peffley Michael
Pellegrino Stephen C.
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