Surgery – Instruments – Electrical application
Patent
1992-01-29
1993-06-08
Cohen, Lee S.
Surgery
Instruments
Electrical application
606 37, 606 45, 606 49, A61B 1739
Patent
active
052174573
ABSTRACT:
A device for enhancing the safety and efficiency of a hand-operated electrosurgical pencil having an exposed electrode with a distal end defining a tip for cutting biological tissue, which device comprises a nose piece adapted to be mounted about said electrode and defining at least one pathway for a stream of gas which shrouds the electrode at or near the tip thereof, and electrosurgical apparatus incorporating the device and a method for cutting biological tissue using the apparatus.
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Delahuerga Louis
Klicek Michael S.
Stoddard Robert B.
Akers Lawrence C.
Cohen Lee S.
Dryer Mark
Richardson Peter C.
Valleylab Inc.
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