Electrosurgical electrode for rhinoplasty
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1. A unipolar electrosurgical electrode for performing a rhinoplasty medical procedure, comprising:
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Abstract
A novel electrode for use in an electrosurgical rhinoplasty procedure, comprising a uniquely configured electrode having an angled electrode working end terminating in an active, bare, transversely-extending, electrically-conductive, thin wire segment, preferably straight, whose small width enables easy access to the constricted nasal cavity and which in turn is terminated at opposite ends with protective electrically-insulating-coated segments each adjacent an end of the active thin wire segment. The active thin wire is supported by a Y-shaped or U-shaped support.
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1. A unipolar electrosurgical electrode for performing a rhinoplasty medical procedure, comprising:
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(a) an electrically-conductive shaft member having a first end for mounting to a handpiece and a second end, said first end having a longitudinal direction, (b) said second end comprising a generally Y-shaped or U-shaped wire-supporting portion extending in the longitudinal direction and terminated at its ends by an unbent thin straight active wire portion extending transverse to the longitudinal direction, (c) said transverse active wire portion being exposed electrically over its full length for applying electrosurgical currents to nasal cartilage tissue when said shaft member is connected to a source of electrosurgical currents, (d) the Y-shaped or U-shaped wire-supporting portions extending up to the transverse exposed wire portion being electrically-insulating to prevent contact and passage of electrosurgical currents to areas adjacent to or surrounding the tissue to be treated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
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13. A rhinoplasty surgical procedure for a patient, comprising the steps:
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(a) providing electrosurgical apparatus connected to a handpiece holding a unipolar electrosurgical electrode, said electrosurgical electrode comprising;
(i) an electrically-conductive shaft member having a first end for mounting to a handpiece and a second end, said first end having a longitudinal direction, (ii) said second end comprising a generally Y-shaped or U-shaped wire-supporting portion extending generally in the longitudinal direction and terminated at its ends by an unbent thin straight active wire portion extending transverse to the longitudinal direction, (iii) said transverse active wire portion being exposed electrically over its full length for applying electrosurgical currents to nasal cartilage tissue when said shaft member is connected to a source of electrosurgical currents, (iv) the Y-shaped or U-shaped wire-supporting portions extending up to the transverse exposed wire portion being electrically-insulating to prevent contact and passage of electrosurgical currents to areas adjacent to or surrounding the tissue to be treated, (b) placing the second end of the electrode inside of the nasal cavity of the patient and applying the active wire portion of the electrode to cartilage tissue within the nasal cavity of the patient and activating the electrosurgical apparatus, (c) moving the active wire portion of the electrode over the cartilage tissue within the nasal cavity of the patient to remove cartilage tissue.
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