Electrosurgical system for surface tissue treatment
OwnerSpencer Ellman, Alan Ellman +1inventors
InventorsSpencer Ellman, Alan Ellman, Scott Goldsmith
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Abstract
An electrosurgical system, comprising a handpiece having a mounting channel therein, an electrical contact in communication with the mounting channel; and an electrode arrangement that is engageable within the mounting channel. The electrode arrangement further comprises a mounting shaft that is in communication with an active electrode end, that is configured to deliver RF energy when the mounting shaft is in electrical engagement with the electrical contact within the mounting channel and the handpiece is in an energized state. The active electrode end includes at least one edge portion that includes a visual indicator of a treatment depth.
Claims10
An electrosurgical system, comprising:
- a handpiece having a mounting channel therein,
- an electrical contact in communication with the mounting channel;
- an electrode arrangement that is engageable within the mounting channel;
- wherein the electrode arrangement further comprises a mounting shaft that is in communication with an active electrode end,
- wherein the active electrode end is configured to deliver RF energy when the mounting shaft is in electrical engagement with the electrical contact within the mounting channel and the handpiece is in an energized state;
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- wherein the active electrode end is configured to be concave shaped, defining an outer convex surface, with the edge portion being disposed about the periphery of the active electrode end;
- wherein the entire active electrode conducts RF energy;
- wherein the mounting shaft extends from the outer convex surface at a location approximately 45 degrees between an apex of the convex surface and a surface defined by the edge portion;
- wherein the mounting shaft has an angle of approximately 45 degrees from the surface defined by the edge portion;
- wherein the location of the mounting shaft and the angle of the mounting shaft allow a user to position the convex surface flat against a surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.