Non-stick electrosurgical forceps

Electrosurgical forceps, comprising:

• first and second elongated and spaced-apart electrode arms adapted for conducting electrosurgical current there between during use in an electrosurgery procedure;
• said first elongated electrode arm having a tip portion that is spaced apart from a tip portion of said second elongated electrode arm;
• said first electrode arm having a first elongated metal core with said tip portion thereof having a layer of a biocompatible metal with a thermal diffusivity equal to, or greater than, about 3.0×10−5 m2/s and with a relatively large layer-thickness that is selected to allow heat generated during an electrosurgical procedure to be quickly dissipated throughout said layer-thickness;
• and
• said second electrode arm having a second elongated metal core with said tip portion thereof having a layer of a biocompatible metal with a thermal diffusivity equal to, or greater than, about 3.0×10−5 m2/s and with a relatively large layer-thickness that is selected to allow heat generated during an electrosurgical procedure to be quickly dissipated throughout said layer-thickness.

Electrosurgical forceps, comprising:

• first and second elongated and spaced apart electrode arms adapted for conducting electrosurgical current there between during use in an electro surgery procedure;
• said first elongated electrode arm having a tip portion that is spaced apart from a tip portion of said second elongated electrode arm;
• said first electrode arm having a first elongated stainless steel core having a tip portion that is coated with a strike layer of gold followed by a layer of a metal selected from the group consisting of pure silver and pure gold that has a layer thickness in the range of from about 0.01 to about 0.05 inch;
• and
• said second electrode arm having a second elongated stainless steel core having a tip portion that is coated with a strike layer of gold followed by a layer of a metal selected from the group consisting of pure silver and pure gold that has a layer thickness in the range of from about 0.01 to about 0.05-inch.

Electrosurgical forceps, comprising:

• first and second spaced apart electrodes;
• each of said electrodes including a distal end tip adapted for conducting electrosurgical current during use in an electrosurgery procedure;
• each of said electrodes having a thermal reservoir that is integrally formed with said tip of a corresponding electrode;
• each of said thermal reservoirs being physically spaced apart from and closely adjacent to said tip of a corresponding electrode;
• each of said thermal reservoirs having a greater cross-sectional area than a cross-sectional area of said tip of a corresponding electrode, to thereby enhance heat flow from each of said tips to a corresponding thermal reservoir, and to thereby reduce a temperature of said tips during an electrosurgery procedure;
• each of said tips including a relatively strong metal core that is coated with a biocompatible material selected from the group consisting of pure silver and pure gold;
• and
• each of said thermal reservoirs being composed of a biocompatible material selected from the group consisting of pure silver and pure gold.

Electrosurgical forceps, comprising:

• first and second elongated and spaced apart electrode arms adapted for conducting electrosurgical current there between during use in an electro surgery procedure;
• said first elongated electrode arm having a tip portion that is spaced apart from a tip portion of said second elongated electrode arm;
• said first electrode arm having a first elongated stainless steel core having a tip portion that is coated with a metallic strike layer followed by a layer of a metal selected from the group consisting of pure silver and pure gold;
• and
• said second electrode arm having a second elongated stainless steel core having a tip portion that is coated with a metallic strike layer followed by a layer of a metal selected from the group consisting of pure silver and pure gold.