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US 6,669,695 B2Granted
Multifunctional electrosurgical instrument
OwnerGiancarlo Luigiinventor
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Abstract
A multifunctional electrosurgical instrument for performing various oropharyngeal operative procedures comprises a serrated chisel tip for various dissecting methods; an electrocauterizer, for coagulation of blood vessels or for use as a particular dissection method; a variable speed suctioning feature to remove undesired blood in the surgical area, or to serve as irrigation source; and an irrigation feature, for ease in the identification of blood vessels and for removal of dangerous blood clots from the surgical area.
Claims10
An electrosurgical instrument, comprising:
- a distal end and a proximal end;
- means for dissection disposed at said instrument's distal end;
- means for electrocauterizing;
- means for suction of surgical field;
- means for irrigation of surgical field;
- a handle disposed at said instrument's proximal end, said handle having a proximal end, a distal end, and a dorsum, whereby an orifice is disposed to be attached to an irrigation line at the handle's proximal end, said handle having a slight groove area in said handle's distal end's sides, whereby two orifices are disposed in said groove area to facilitate contact with surgeon's fingertips, said handle's dorsum having an orifice disposed to be attached to a suction tube, and said handle's proximal end having a metal stick with isolation in approximately 60% of its surface, said metal stick disposed to be attached to an electrocauterizer's cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.