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US 2020/0268435 A1Published application
Flexible Bipolar Sheath
AssigneeGyrus ACMI, Inc. d.b.a. Olympus Surgical Technologies America
InventorsAhmad ALSAFFAR, Joel WILLHITE
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Abstract
A medical instrument sheath including an elongated hollow tube having a wall comprised of polymeric material; and at least one electrical lead embedded inside the wall, wherein the at least one electrical lead is configured to be connected with a respective electrode disposed in a member located inside the sheath and extending from a distal end of the sheath.
Claims18
A sheath comprising:
- an elongated hollow tube having a wall comprised of polymeric material;
- and
- at least one electrical lead embedded inside the wall,
- wherein the at least one electrical lead is configured to be connected with a respective electrode disposed in a member located inside the sheath and extending from a distal end of the sheath.
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A medical device comprising:
- a polymeric sheath;
- and
- at least one electrode disposed in a member separate from the polymeric sheath, wherein the polymeric sheath and the at least one electrode are configured to provide radiofrequency (RF) energy for a surgical operation when the polymeric sheath is connected to an radiofrequency (RF) energy source.
A method of manufacturing a sheath comprising:
- extruding a tube of polymeric material;
- embedding at least one electrode in a wall of the tube as the tube is being extruded;
- and
- exposing opposite ends of the at least one electrode to allow the opposite ends to be electrically connected to different members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.