An electrosurgical instrument
CA 2297081 A1 · Owner: Goble, Colin Charles Owen · Inventors: Goble, Nigel Mark; Syrop, Alan Nigel; Goble, Colin Charles Owen
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An electrosurgical instrument is provided for the treatment of tissue in the presence of an electrically-conductive fluid medium. The instrument comprises an instrument shaft (10), a tissue treatment electrode (12) at the distal end of the shaft for electrosurgically excising tissue pieces at an operation site, morcellation means for electrosurgically reducing the size of excised tissue pieces, and removal means for removing morcellated tissue pieces. The instrument has an apertured portion (20a) through which matter can be aspirated by the removal means from the region surrounding the tissue treatment electrode (12). The removal means comprises a channel formed within the …
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- Filed July 15, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 15, 2018.
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