Adenoid curette electrosurgical probe

In combination:

• (1) electrosurgical apparatus capable of supplying high frequency electrosurgical currents,
• (2) a suction generator,
• (3) an electrosurgical probe for excising of adenoid tissue, comprising:
• (a) an elongated body portion having a longitudinal axis and comprising at a proximate end an electrical connector connected to the electrosurgical apparatus for receiving electrosurgical RF currents and a fitting connected to the suction generator for receiving suction,
• (b) a suction conduit within the body portion and connected at one end to the fitting,
• (c) the body portion having at a distal end a claw-shaped member comprising spaced arms, viewed from the top, the claw-shaped member curves downward,
• (d) an active electrode at the distal end of the body portion, the active electrode comprising a bare sharp blade extending across the arms of the claw-shaped member,
• (e) means for connecting the electrical connector to the bare sharp blade,
• (f) the suction conduit having at the distal end an opening facing the interior of the claw-shaped member,
• (g) portions of said body portion except for the bare sharp blade being electrically insulating to prevent contact and passage of electrosurgical currents to areas adjacent to or surrounding the tissue to be excised when the electrosurgical apparatus and suction generator are activated and electrosurgical currents supplied to the electrical connector and suction applied to the fitting during an adenoidectomy.