Multi-function electrosurgical device, and associated systems and methods
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsAustin Grant Johnson, Prashanth T. Somasundaram
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Abstract
A bipolar electrosurgical device having first and second electrodes which are movable with respect to each other to be positionable in different configuration for operating in different modes. In one configuration, the bipolar electrosurgical device may operate as an electrosurgical cutting device. In another configuration, the bipolar electrosurgical device may operate as an electrocoagulation device. The bipolar electrosurgical device may also operate in further modes without the application of energy thereto. The first electrode may be in the form of a cutting device of an electrosurgical cutting device, and the second electrode may be pivotable with respect to the first electrode.
Claims26
A bipolar electrosurgical device comprising:
- an elongate member sufficiently flexible to be deliverable transluminally within a patient to a treatment site;
- a first electrically-conductive component;
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- a second electrically-conductive component;
- wherein said first electrically-conductive component and said second electrically-conductive component are movable with respect to each other between at least a first configuration and a second configuration.
A bipolar electrosurgical cutting device comprising:
a first electrode configured to cut tissue;
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a second electrode;
wherein said first electrode and said second electrode are movable with respect to each other.
A method of performing a procedure with respect to tissue within a patient, said method comprising:
delivering an operable element of an electrosurgical device transluminally into a patient and to a treatment site, the operable element comprising a first electrode and a second electrode movable with respect to each other;
providing energy to the first electrode and the second electrode when the operable element is in a first configuration to operate in a first mode with respect to tissue at the treatment site;
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providing energy to the first electrode and the second electrode when the operable element is in a second configuration to operate in a second mode with respect to tissue at the treatment site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.