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US 2017/0281259 A1Published application
Electrosurgery handpiece/pencil with smoke evacuation
AssigneeI.C. Medical, Inc.
InventorIoan Cosmescu
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Abstract
An electrosurgery handpiece/pencil with smoke evacuation having features that support use at high frequencies without insulation breakdown and that provides increased efficiency of smoke evacuation during cutting and/or coagulation.
Claims21
An electrosurgery pencil comprising:
- a hollow tubular handpiece member having a first end and a second end;
- a planar platform having a recessed area located near a top of the hollow tubular handpiece member;
- an electrode positioned within the first end of the hollow tubular handpiece member;
- a circuit board seated within the recessed area of said planar platform;
- at least one wire for connecting the circuit board to the electrode:
- an electrical cord containing one or more insulated wires for connecting said circuit board to an energy source;
- and
- one or more depressable button members positioned above said circuit board for enabling selective contact with said circuit board.
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An electrosurgery pencil comprising:
- a hollow tubular handpiece member having a first end and a second end;
- a planar platform located near a top of the hollow tubular handpiece member having oppositely disposed first and second openings therethrough which each extend it to an interior of the hollow tubular handpiece member;
- a nozzle member connected to an interior of the first end of the hollow tubular handpiece member;
- an electrode positioned within at least a portion of of said nozzle member;
- a circuit board seated on said planar platform;
- at least one wire for connecting the circuit board to the electrode;
- an electrical cord containing one or more insulated wires for connecting said circuit board to an energy source;
- and
- one or more depressable button members positioned above said circuit board for enabling selective contact with said circuit board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.