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US 2017/0319263 A1Published application
Hand switched combined electrosurgical monopolar and bipolar device
AssigneeGyrus ACMI, Inc. d/b/a Olympus Surgical Technologies America
InventorsKester J. Batchelor, Richard Curtis, Jyue Boon (Jonas) Lim, Tsuyoshi Hayashida, John Mensch
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Abstract
An electrosurgical instrument connectivity system providing monopolar and bipolar plugs each having a plurality of conductors which allow for use of combination monopolar/bipolar electrosurgical devices with industry standard electrosurgical generator outlets.
Claims23
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An electrical cable for a monopolar/bipolar device comprising:
- a first plug configured to plug into a bipolar outlet and including three conductors extending therefrom wherein a first and second conductor are bipolar HF leads, and a third conductor is a bipolar switch return lead;
- a bipolar activation switch connecting one of the bipolar HF leads and the bipolar switch return lead;
- a second plug configured to plug into a monopolar outlet and including two conductors extending therefrom wherein a fourth conductor is a monopolar HF lead and a fifth conductor is a monopolar switch return lead;
- a first monopolar activation switch connecting the monopolar HF lead and the monopolar switch return lead;
- wherein the bipolar switch return lead is a shared conductivity line integrated with the monopolar switch return lead, so that the device is configured to use four or less conductors.
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The cable of claim 11, wherein the sixth conductor is a shared conductivity line integrated with the one of the bipolar HF leads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.