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Hand control for electrosurgical electrodes

  • US 4,655,215 A
  • Filed: 03/15/1985
  • Issued: 04/07/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A hand control for electrosurgical electrodes, comprising:

  • an elongated housing for containing electrical wiring circuits and circuit-switching means, said housing having a top surface and a bottom surface and a proximal or rear end and a distal or front end, and defining a switch seat in its top surface adjacent its distal end;

    an electrosurgical blade having a proximal end in said housing and a distal end extending from said distal end of said housing;

    a rocker arm control switch for activating at least two electrosurgical current modes of said electrosurgical blade, said switch having a proximal end and a distal end and being pivotably mounted between said ends in said switch seat, directly above said proximal end of said electrosurgical blade;

    finger-engaging portions on said proximal and distal ends of said rocker arm control switch for pivoting said control switch in two opposite directions;

    a cantilevered shoulder portion rigidly mounted on said proximal end of said rocker arm control switch and extending rearward within said housing beyond said proximal end of said electrosurgical blade; and

    circuit closing means having a plurality of circuit modes, said circuit closing means being transversely mounted within said housing, between said top and bottom surfaces, rearwardly of said proximal end of said electrosurgical blade and connected to and movable with said shoulder portion to selectively activate said circuits.

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