Apparatus for supporting an electrosurgical generator and interfacing such with an electrosurgical pencil and an inert gas supply
AssigneeBeacon Laboratories, Inc.
InventorRichard P. Fleenor
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Abstract
An apparatus for supporting an electrosurgical generator (14) and interfacing the generator (14) with an electrosurgical pencil (40, 234, or 254) and a supply of inert gas to allow gas-enhanced electrosurgery. One embodiment generally includes an accessible platform (134) for supporting the generator (14), a receiving area (146) for containing a supply of inert gas, an adaptor (142) for receiving an electrosurgical pencil interconnected with the supply of inert gas, and an interface structure (210) which allows an operator, through use of a control device, to control the flow of gas and electrical output to the pencil. Consequently, existing generators may be used with the present invention to conduct gas-enhanced electrosurgery.
Claims28
An apparatus for supporting and operatively interfacing one of a plurality of standard electrosurgical generators provided with a selected standard electrical plug, an electrosurgical pencil, and at least one gas receptacle to permit an operator to conduct gas-enhanced electrosurgery, comprising:
- a support structure having an accessible platform for receiving and removably supporting said one of said plurality of standard electrosurgical generators;
- first receiving means, mounted on said support structure, and adapted for receiving the at least one gas receptacle;
- second receiving means, mounted on said support structure, adapted for receiving the electrosurgical pencil and interconnected to said first receiving means;
- control interface means, mounted on said support structure, interconnected to said first receiving means and connectable to operator control means, wherein an operator may control with said operator control means the provision of gas from the at least one gas receptacle to the electrosurgical pencil and the provision of an electrical output from said one of said plurality of standard electrosurgical generators to the electrosurgical pencil to conduct gas-enhanced electrosurgery;
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- accessible outlet means, mounted on said support structure and adapted for connectably receiving said selected standard electrical plug, said outlet means selectively interconnected said one of said plurality of standard electrosurgical generators to said control interface means.
An interfacing and supporting apparatus for one of a plurality of standard electrosurgical generators provided with a selected standard electrical plug, an electrosurgical pencil and a gas receptacle to permit an operator to conduct gas-enhanced electrosurgery, comprising:
- a support structure having an accessible platform for receiving and removably supporting the said one of said plurality of standard electrosurgical generators;
- first receiving means mounted to said support structure for receiving and fluidly engaging the gas receptacle;
- adaptor means mounted on said support structure for fluidly engaging the electrosurgical pencil;
- manifold means, including control valve means, for interconnecting said first receiving means and said adaptor means, wherein gas flows from the receptacle to the pencil;
- operator control receiving means connected to said support structure for receiving operator control means, said operator control receiving means interconnected to said control valve means;
- control interface means mounted on said support structure, said control interface means operatively interconnecting the pencil and the gas receptacle, wherein input from said operator control means to said control interface means regulates the provision of gas for the gas-enhanced electrosurgery;
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- accessible outlet means, mounted on said support structure and adapted for connectably receiving said selected standard electrical plug, said outlet means selectively interconnecting said one of said plurality of standard electrosurgical generators to said control interface means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.