Battery powered cautery assembly
First Claim
1. A battery operated cautery comprising an outer housing having a switch actuator aperture including a distal end and a proximal end formed therein and configured to retain a battery voltage source including a first terminal and a second terminal, said outer enclosure having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, a cautery element mounted on said distal end portion of said outer housing, a conductor including a first contact element movable between a first position and a second position formed on one end thereof and a second contact element formed on the opposite end thereof, said conductor being operatively housed within said outer housing, a switch actuator having a proximal end and a distal end hingedly attached to said outer housing and movable between a first position and a second position and at least partially disposed within said switch actuator aperture, said switch actuator being disposed adjacent said first contact element, said cautery element comprises a cautery heating holder supporting a first electrode and a second electrode at least partially disposed within said outer housing and cooperatively supporting a heating tip extending outwardly from said outer housing, said first electrode and said second electrode each including a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, said first contact element being normally biased in said first position in spaced relation relative to said first electrode, said second electrode being adapted to be electrically connected to said second terminal of said battery voltage source such that said first contact element is moved from said first position to said second position by depression of said switch actuator to engage said first electrode to complete the electrical circuit thereto to actuate said battery operated cautery, said cautery heating holder comprises an electrode support member to support said first electrode and said second electrode and an inner housing to house said proximal end portions of said first electrode and said second electrode and to operatively support a portion of said conductor thereon.
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Abstract
A battery powered cautery assembly comprising a cautery and a removable safety cover wherein the cautery comprises a substantially cylindrical outer housing having at least one battery disposed in the proximal end thereof, a cautery element attached to the distal end thereof with a conductor disposed to selectively couple the battery to the cautery element and a switch movable between a first and second position hingedly attached thereto and disposed to selectively engage the conductor when in the second position to selectively connect the cautery element to the battery.
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- 1. A battery operated cautery comprising an outer housing having a switch actuator aperture including a distal end and a proximal end formed therein and configured to retain a battery voltage source including a first terminal and a second terminal, said outer enclosure having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, a cautery element mounted on said distal end portion of said outer housing, a conductor including a first contact element movable between a first position and a second position formed on one end thereof and a second contact element formed on the opposite end thereof, said conductor being operatively housed within said outer housing, a switch actuator having a proximal end and a distal end hingedly attached to said outer housing and movable between a first position and a second position and at least partially disposed within said switch actuator aperture, said switch actuator being disposed adjacent said first contact element, said cautery element comprises a cautery heating holder supporting a first electrode and a second electrode at least partially disposed within said outer housing and cooperatively supporting a heating tip extending outwardly from said outer housing, said first electrode and said second electrode each including a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, said first contact element being normally biased in said first position in spaced relation relative to said first electrode, said second electrode being adapted to be electrically connected to said second terminal of said battery voltage source such that said first contact element is moved from said first position to said second position by depression of said switch actuator to engage said first electrode to complete the electrical circuit thereto to actuate said battery operated cautery, said cautery heating holder comprises an electrode support member to support said first electrode and said second electrode and an inner housing to house said proximal end portions of said first electrode and said second electrode and to operatively support a portion of said conductor thereon.
- 13. A handheld battery powered device comprising an outer housing having a switch actuator aperture including a distal end and a proximal end formed therein and configured to retain a battery voltage source including a first terminal and a second terminal, said outer housing having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, a working implement mounted on said distal end portion of said outer housing, a conductor including a first contact element movable between a first position and a second position formed on one end thereof and a second contact element formed on the opposite end thereof, said conductor being operatively housed within said outer housing, a switch actuator having a proximal end and a distal end hingedly attached to said outer housing and movable between a first position and a second position and at least partially disposed within said switch actuator aperture, said switch actuator being disposed adjacent said first contact element, said working implement comprising a first electrode and a second electrode at least partially disposed within said outer housing and cooperatively supporting a work piece extending outwardly from said outer housing, said first electrode and second electrode each including a distal end portion and a proximal end portion said first contact element being normally biased in said first position in spaced relation relative to said first electrode, said second electrode being adapted to be electrically connected to said second terminal of said battery voltage source such that said first contact element is moved from said first position to said second position by depression of said switch actuator to engage said first electrode to complete the electrical circuit thereto to actuate said handheld battery powered device, said working implement further comprises an electrode support member to support said first electrode and said second electrode and an inner housing to house the proximal end portions of said first electrode and said second electrode to operatively support a portion of said conductor thereon.
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