Bipolar electrosurgical instrument
Patent 4671274 Issued on June 9, 1987. Estimated Expiration Date: 
September 25, 2005. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
September 25, 2005. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 1496438 1852542 1918889 2002594 Method and apparatus for performing an electrosurgical procedure Patent #: 4085756 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/783930 filed on 09/25/1985US Classes:606/51With forceps or tweezersExaminersPrimary: Howell, Kyle L.Assistant: Citrin, Randy Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA61B 17/28 (20060101)A61B 18/14 (20060101) AbstractA bipolar electrosurgical instrument, comprising movable arms (1 and 3) electrically insulated from each other and provided with current-carrying working jaws. According to the invention, the working jaws are shaped as prongs (6 and 7) curved in the same direction, the prongs (7) of the working jaw of the arm (3) being shaped as a fork, which enables one to manipulate in a bloodless operative field of the various parenchymatous organs due to quick and reliable fusion of nonopened (intact) large-calibre blood vessels over a preset segment length thereof. | |
