Non-linear electrosurgical electrode extender

A non-linear electrosurgical electrode extender for use with an electrosurgical electrode having a shaft portion and an electrode portion at a surgically active distal end of the electrode, said electrode extender comprising:

• a metal shaft at a proximal end thereof, a proximal end of the metal shaft being sized and configured to be removably inserted and held within an electrosurgical handpiece electrically connected to an electrosurgical generator that provides electric power to the electrosurgical electrode, wherein the handpiece defines a first axis, wherein the proximal end of the metal shaft is linear and when inserted and held within the handpiece, the proximal end of the metal shaft is collinear with the first axis;
• a receiver at a distal end thereof, a distal end of the receiver being sized and configured to removably receive the shaft portion of the electrosurgical electrode;
• and a curved body portion extending between a distal end of the shaft and a proximal end of the receiver, and forming a first bend in a first plane and a second bend in the first plane, the first bend causing the body portion to extend within the first plane along a second axis, the second bend causing the receiver to extend within the first plane along a third axis, a direction of the first bend being opposite a direction of the second bend, an angle of the second bend with respect to the second axis being greater than an angle of the first bend with respect to the first axis such that the third axis intersects the first axis at a point distal to the second bend, a length of the receiver being configured such that the receiver does not intersect the first axis.

An electrosurgical assembly comprising:

• an electrosurgical electrode having a shaft portion and an electrode portion at a surgically active distal end of the electrode, the electrode portion being secured within the shaft portion;
• and an electrosurgical electrode extender comprising:
• a shaft at a proximal end thereof, a proximal end of the shaft being sized and configured to be removably coupled to an electrosurgical handpiece, the proximal end of the shaft extending along a first axis;
• a receiver at a distal end thereof, a distal end of the receiver being sized and configured to removably receive the shaft portion of the electrosurgical electrode;
• and a curved body portion extending between a distal end of the shaft and a proximal end of the receiver, and forming a first bend in a first plane a the second bend in the first plane, the first bend causing the body portion to extend within the first plane along a second axis, the second bend causing the receiver to extend within the first plane along a third axis, a direction of the first bend being opposite a direction of the second bend, an angle of the second bend with respect to the second axis being greater than an angle of the first bend with respect to the first axis such that the third axis intersects the first axis at a point distal to the second bend, a length of the receiver being configured such that the receiver does not intersect the first axis.