Cautery apparatus and method
OwnerRonald D. Shippertinventor
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Abstract
A battery operated, hand-held cautery apparatus including a cauterizing unit with a cautery body and a heating assembly having a heating element, a switch assembly, and a housing assembly is disclosed. The switch assembly is essentially the position of a battery. That is, the battery acts as a switch. Power is not supplied to the heating element when the battery is in a first position, but power is supplied to the heating element when the battery is moved to a second position. The housing assembly may include a biasing member in contact with the battery such that the biasing force of the biasing member must be overcome to move the battery from the first position to the second position and thus energize the heating element.
Claims19
A cautery apparatus, comprising:
- a cauterizing unit that includes a cautery body and a heating assembly having a heating element;
- a switch assembly consisting essentially of a first battery having first battery power, said first battery having a first position and a second position wherein, when said first battery is in said first position, said first battery does not supply said first battery power to said heating element and, when said first battery is in said second position, said first battery supplies said first battery power to said heating element;
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- a housing assembly located about at least portions of said first battery.
A cautery apparatus, comprising:
- a cauterizing unit that includes a cautery body and a heating assembly having a heating element;
- a battery subassembly including at least a first battery, wherein said battery subassembly alone controls supplying and not supplying battery power to said heating element, said first battery having a first position and a second position, when said first battery is in said first position, said battery power is not being supplied to said heating element and when said first battery is in said second position, said battery power is being supplied to said heating element, said battery subassembly including a second battery and when said first battery is in said first position, said first battery is located at an angle that is non-parallel relative to said second battery;
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- a housing assembly located about at least portions of said battery subassembly.
A method for controlling activation/deactivation of a cautery apparatus, comprising:
- providing a first battery and a cauterizing unit that includes a cautery body and a heating assembly having a heating element;
- moving said first battery from a first position to a second position, said second position being at an angle relative to said first position;
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- supplying battery power to said heating element after moving from said first position to said second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.