Electrosurgery surgical blade
CA 1265718 C · Owner: Stasz, Peter · Inventors: Stasz, Peter
Overview
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An electro surgical instrument comprising a handle and a replaceable blade. The handle includes a blade receiving slot and means for clamping the proximal portion of the blade within the slot. Also formed internally of the handle and within the slot is a cavity for containing an electrical-to-mechanical transducer and a plurality of conductive terminal pad areas. The blade is provided with a pattern of conductors which are insulated from one another and which lead to contact pad areas on the distal portion of the blade. When the blade is appropriately inserted into the handle and clamped in place the transducer, abuts the blade and electrical contact is established to energize the …
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- Granted February 13, 1990. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 13, 2007.
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