Handpiece for an ablation device having tool piece with multiple orientations and method for reconfiguring handpiece
AssigneeMedtronic Advanced Energy LLC
InventorEliot F. Bloom
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Abstract
Handpiece for an ablation device has a handle assembly and a tool piece with a plurality of operative elements, each operative for a different ablative purpose and for reconfiguring a handpiece for an ablation device. The handle assembly is configured to repositionably hold the tool piece in first and second orientations by the first and second portions of the handle assembly. The handpiece presents a first of the plurality of operative elements with the tool piece being positioned in the first orientation and wherein the ablation device presents a second of the plurality of operative elements with the tool piece positioned in the second orientation.
Claims46
A handpiece for an ablation device, comprising:
- a handle assembly having first and second portions;
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- a tool piece having a plurality of operative elements, each of said plurality of operative elements for a different ablative purpose;
- said handle assembly being configured to repositionably hold said tool piece in first and second orientations by said first and second portions of said handle assembly;
- wherein said handpiece presents a first of said plurality of operative elements with said tool piece being positioned in said first orientation and wherein said ablation device presents a second of said plurality of operative elements with said tool piece positioned in said second orientation.
A handpiece for an ablation device, comprising:
- a handle assembly having first and second elongate portions having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, said first and second elongate portions being mated along said end portion and divergent along said distal end portion;
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- a tool piece having a plurality of operative elements, each of said plurality of operative elements for a different ablative purpose;
- said distal end portions of said first and second elongate portions of said handle assembly being shaped to repositionably hold said tool in first and second orientations;
- wherein said handpiece presents toward a distal end of said handle assembly a first of said plurality of operative elements with said tool piece being positioned in said first orientation and wherein said ablation device presents a distal end of said handle assembly a second of said plurality of operative elements with said tool piece positioned in said second orientation.
An ablation device, comprising:
- handpiece for an ablation device, comprising:
- a handle assembly having first and second portions;
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- a tool piece having a plurality of operative elements, each of said plurality of operative elements for a different ablative purpose;
- said handle assembly being configured to hold said tool piece in first and second orientations by said first and second portions of said handle assembly;
- said tool piece being repositionable within said handle assembly;
- wherein said handpiece presents a first of said plurality of operative elements with said tool piece being positioned in said first orientation and wherein said ablation device presents a second of said plurality of operative elements with said tool piece positioned in said second orientation;
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- a generator being selectively operatively coupled to each of said plurality of operative elements.
A method of reconfiguring a handpiece for an ablation device for use in a different ablative purpose, comprising the steps of:
- disengaging a tool piece, having a plurality of operative elements, each of said plurality of operative elements for one of said different ablative purpose, wherein said handpiece presents a first of said plurality of operative elements with said tool piece being positioned in said first orientation and wherein said ablation device presents a second of said plurality of operative elements with said tool piece positioned in said second orientation, from a lock holding said tool piece in a handle assembly in a first orientation;
- repositioning said tool piece in said handle assembly in a second orientation;
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- engaging said tool piece in said lock holding said tool piece in said handle assembly, this time in said second orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.