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Wireless Electrosurgical Controller

  • US 20100179541A1
  • Filed: 01/13/2009
  • Published: 07/15/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wireless switch, comprising:

  • a resilient housing having a top surface and a bottom surface configured for insertion within a user'"'"'s mouth;

    an activator disposed within the housing and activatable in response to a force applied to at least one of the top surface and the bottom surface;

    an antenna configured to at least one of transmit and receive a radiofrequency signal, the antenna adapted to connect to a transponder, the transponder configured to receive a radiofrequency interrogatory signal and, in response thereto, sense the state of the activator, and transmit a radiofrequency response signal conveying the state of the activator to an electrosurgical energy source.

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