Monopolar Pencil With Integrated Bipolar/Ligasure Tweezers
First Claim
1. An electrosurgical pencil, comprising:
- an elongated housing having an open distal end, the elongated housing including an actuator operably associated therewith;
first and second jaw members extending distally through the open distal end of the elongated housing and transitionable between a closed position and an open position upon actuation of an actuator, at least one of the jaw members configured to treat tissue with monopolar energy and both jaw members configured to treat tissue with bipolar energy;
at least one switch operably coupled to a controller disposed in the housing, the at least one switch configured to activate the first and second jaw members to treat tissue with monopolar and bipolar energy.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to an electrosurgical pencil with integrated ligasure tweezers. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure the electrosurgical pencil includes an elongated housing having an open distal end and including an actuator operatively associated therewith. First and second jaw members extend distally through the open distal end of the elongated housing and are transitionable between a closed position and an open position upon actuation of an actuator. At least one of the jaw members is configured to treat tissue with monopolar energy and both jaw members are configured to treat tissue with bipolar energy. At least one switch is operably coupled to a controller disposed in the housing and configured to activate the first and second jaw members to treat tissue with monopolar and bipolar energy.
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21 Claims
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1. An electrosurgical pencil, comprising:
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an elongated housing having an open distal end, the elongated housing including an actuator operably associated therewith; first and second jaw members extending distally through the open distal end of the elongated housing and transitionable between a closed position and an open position upon actuation of an actuator, at least one of the jaw members configured to treat tissue with monopolar energy and both jaw members configured to treat tissue with bipolar energy; at least one switch operably coupled to a controller disposed in the housing, the at least one switch configured to activate the first and second jaw members to treat tissue with monopolar and bipolar energy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electrosurgical pencil, comprising:
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an elongated housing having first and second jaw members extending through a distal end thereof, the first and second jaw members transitionable between a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members are approximated relative to one another, at least one of the jaw members configured to treat tissue with monopolar energy and both jaw members configured to treat tissue with bipolar energy; an actuator operably coupled to the jaw members and actuatable to transition the jaw members between the first and second positions, the actuator operably coupled to a controller that senses the disposition of the jaw members; and a switch disposed in the housing in operative communication with the controller, the switch configured to activate the jaw members with bipolar energy if the jaw members are disposed in the first position and to activate at least one of jaw members with monopolar energy if the jaw members are disposed in the second position. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An electrosurgical device, comprising:
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an elongate housing having first and second jaw members extending through a distal end thereof, the first and second jaw members transitionable between a closed position in which the jaw members are configured to treat tissue with monopolar energy and an open position in which the jaw members are configured to treat tissue with bipolar energy; and a controller disposed within the elongated housing and configured to sense whether the first and second jaw members are in the open position or the closed position and to automatically configure the jaw members to treat tissue with monopolar energy when the jaw members are in the closed position and bipolar energy when the jaw members are in the open position.
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