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Non-stick electrosurgical forceps

  • US 6,293,946 B1
  • Filed: 08/27/1999
  • Issued: 09/25/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Electrosurgical forceps, comprising:

  • first and second elongated and spaced-apart electrode arms adapted for conducting electrosurgical current there between during use in an electrosurgery procedure;

    said first elongated electrode arm having a tip portion that is spaced apart from a tip portion of said second elongated electrode arm;

    said first electrode arm having a first elongated metal core with said tip portion thereof having a first layer of a biocompatible metal with a thermal diffusivity equal to, or greater than, about 3.0×

    10

    5
    m2/s and with a layer thickness in the range of from about 0.01 to about 0.05-inch; and

    said second electrode arm having a second elongated metal core with said tip portion thereof having a second layer of a biocompatible metal with a thermal diffusivity equal to, or greater than, about 3.0×

    10

    5
    m2/s and with a layer thickness in the range of from about 0.01 to about 0.05-inch.

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