Clamp for electro-surgical dispersive electrode
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1. A connector for releasably engaging a plurality of projecting tabs separated from one another and having opposed electrically conductive and insulated surfaces, comprising:
- (a) a housing having an exterior surface, an interior surface being formed within said housing for receiving the projecting tabs, and a slot in said housing disposed between said exterior surface and said interior surface,(b) a plurality of receiving means separated from one another and located on said interior surface, each receiving means for electrically contacting an electrically conductive surface on a corresponding projecting tab, and(c) bridging means disposed on said interior surface for electrically contacting said plurality of receiving means whenever a plurality of electrically conductive surfaces of the projecting tabs contacting said corresponding plurality of receiving means also contact said bridging means.
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Abstract
A clamp for releasably engaging dispersive electrodes is disclosed. The clamp is adaptable to be used either with electro-surgical generating equipment which has a unitary plate continuity safety circuit or with an electro-surgical generating equipment which has an impedance split-plate impedance safety circuit. The clamp electrically adapts a split-plate electrode to be useful with an electro-surgical generating equipment which has a unitary plate continuity safety circuit.
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1. A connector for releasably engaging a plurality of projecting tabs separated from one another and having opposed electrically conductive and insulated surfaces, comprising:
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(a) a housing having an exterior surface, an interior surface being formed within said housing for receiving the projecting tabs, and a slot in said housing disposed between said exterior surface and said interior surface, (b) a plurality of receiving means separated from one another and located on said interior surface, each receiving means for electrically contacting an electrically conductive surface on a corresponding projecting tab, and (c) bridging means disposed on said interior surface for electrically contacting said plurality of receiving means whenever a plurality of electrically conductive surfaces of the projecting tabs contacting said corresponding plurality of receiving means also contact said bridging means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A clamp to electrically adapt a split-plate dispersive electrode having at least two electrically conductive surfaces extending therefrom into a unitary plate dispersive electrode, comprising:
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at least a pair of separately disposed and laterally spaced electrical contact strips; at least one separately disposed bridge electrical contact strip laterally spaced between said pair of contact strips; whereby said pair of contact strips are electrically connected when the electrically conductive surfaces of the split-plate electrode contact said bridge contact strip and each of electrically conductive surfaces also contacts one of said contact strips.
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