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Abstract
A surgical device is disclosed including a housing having an activation switch. The activation switch is adapted to couple to an electrosurgical energy source and includes a knob. The knob is slideable with respect to the housing and travels within a guide channel defined within the housing. The activation switch is selectively moveable in a first direction within the guide channel. Moving the activation switch in the first direction sets a desired electrosurgical energy level. The activation switch is also moveable is a second direction. Moving the activation switch is the second direction activates the electrosurgical energy source.
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29 Claims
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21. A surgical forceps, comprising:
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a housing having at least one handle attached thereto and a shaft having a pair of jaw members at a distal end thereof the at least one handle being movable to actuate the jaw members for grasping tissue; an activation switch disposed on the housing, the activation switch adapted to couple to an electrosurgical energy source, the activation switch including a knob slidingly disposed within a guide channel defined within said housing; and the activation switch being selectively moveable in a first direction within the guide channel to set a desired electrosurgical energy level and the activation switch being selectively moveable in a second direction to activate the electrosurgical energy source. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. An open style surgical forceps, comprising:
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a housing having at least one handle attached thereto and a shaft having a pair of jaw members at a distal end thereof, the at least one handle being movable to actuate the jaw members for grasping tissue; an activation switch disposed on the housing, the activation switch adapted to couple to an electrosurgical energy source, the activation switch including a knob slidingly disposed within a guide channel defined within said housing; and the activation switch being selectively moveable in a first direction within the guide channel to set a desired electrosurgical energy level and the activation switch being selectively moveable in a second direction to activate the electrosurgical energy source. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A method for using a surgical device to administer electrosurgical energy to a patient, comprising the steps of:
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providing a surgical device, including; a housing having at least one handle attached thereto and a shaft having a pair of jaw members at a distal end thereof, the at least one handle being movable to actuate the jaw members for grasping tissue; an activation switch disposed on the housing, the activation switch adapted to couple to an electrosurgical energy source, the activation switch including a knob slidingly disposed within a guide channel defined within said housing, wherein the activation switch electromechanically cooperates with at least one of a sliding potentiometer and a voltage divider network to adjust energy levels; and the activation switch being selectively moveable in a first direction within the guide channel to set a desired electrosurgical energy level and the activation switch being selectively moveable in a second direction to activate the electrosurgical energy source; sliding the knob to set the intensity level of electrosurgical energy; and depressing the knob to activate electrosurgical energy.
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29. An electrosurgical system for performing electrosurgery on a patient, the electrosurgical system comprising:
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an electrosurgical energy source that provides electrosurgical energy; an active electrode that supplies electrosurgical energy to a patient; an electrosurgical return electrode which returns electrosurgical energy to the electrosurgical energy source; and a surgical device, including; a housing having at least one handle attached thereto and a shaft having a pair of jaw members at a distal end thereof, the at least one handle being movable to actuate the jaw members for grasping tissue; an activation switch disposed on the handle, the activation switch adapted to couple to the electrosurgical energy source, the activation switch including a knob slidingly disposed within a guide channel defined within said housing, wherein the activation switch electromechanically cooperates with at least one of a sliding potentiometer and a voltage divider network to adjust energy levels; and the activation switch being selectively moveable in a first direction within the guide channel to set a desired electrosurgical energy level and the activation switch being selectively moveable in a second direction to activate the electrosurgical energy source.
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Specification