An underwater electrosurgical instrument
CA 2241662 A1 · Owner: Gyrus Medical Limited · Inventors: Goble, Nigel Mark; Goble, Colin Charles Owen
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An electrosurgical instrument, which is used for the treatment of tissue in the presence of an electrically-conductive fluid medium comprises an , instrument shaft (10), and an electrode assembly (12) at one end of the shaft. The electrode assembly (12) comprises a tissue treatment electrode (14) and a return electrode (18) which is electrically insulated from the tissue treatment electrode by means of an insulation member (16). The tissue treatment electrode (14) is exposed at the distal end portion of the instrument (10), and the return electrode (18) has a fluid contact surface spaced proximally from the exposed end of the tissue treatment electrode by the insulation member (16). …
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- Filed January 9, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 9, 2017.
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