Handheld Electrosurgical Apparatus for Controlling Operating Room Equipment
OwnerJoe Don Sartorinventor
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Abstract
A system and apparatus for controlling operating room equipment during an electrosurgical procedure is disclosed. The system includes an electrosurgical generator, a controller in electrical communication with and configured to control the electrosurgical generator and at least one operating room device, and a handpiece having a housing and a cable extending proximally from the housing providing electrical connection to the controller, the handpiece further includes first controls for controlling the generator and second controls for controlling at least one operating room device.
Claims20
A system for controlling operating room equipment during an electrosurgical procedure, the system comprising:
- an electrosurgical generator;
- at least one operating room device;
- a controller in electrical communication with and configured to control the electrosurgical generator and to control the at least one operating room device;
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- a handpiece being in communication with the controller, the handpiece including a first control for controlling the electrosurgical generator and a second control for controlling the at least one operating room device, wherein the handpiece is maintained in a sterile field during operation thereof
- wherein at least one of the first and second controls includes at least one sliding controller for activating and adjusting at least one of the generator and the at least one operating room device.
An apparatus for controlling operating room equipment during an electrosurgical procedure, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a cable extending proximally from the housing providing electrical connection to a controller, the controller being in electrical communication with and configured to control an electrosurgical generator and at least one operating room device, wherein the apparatus is maintained in the sterile field during operation thereof;
- a first control supported on the housing for controlling the generator;
- and
- a second control supported on the housing for controlling at least one operating room device,
- wherein at least one of the first and second controls includes at least one sliding controller for activating and adjusting at least one of the generator and the at least one operating room device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.