Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1976-09-30
1978-04-25
Michell, Robert W.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128 17, 12830314, A61B 1736
Patent
active
040857565
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for performing an electrosurgical operative procedure which is particularly useful in sterilizing a human female by cutting and coagulating the fallopian tubes. The procedure includes inserting an active terminal of an electrosurgical apparatus through the abdominal wall, and inserting the ground terminal through the vagina and into the uterine cavity. Thus when the surgical current is applied to the fallopian tubes, the current travels a very short distance through the body to the ground terminal to thereby reduce the possibility of burns or other injury which is often associated with the use of conventional ground plates which contact the exterior surface of the patient's body. Also, the ground terminal may include means for manipulating the uterus into an anterior position to facilitate the visualization of the uterus and fallopian tubes by the surgeon through a laparoscope.
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Michell Robert W.
Thaler Michael H.
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