Thermal penetration and arc length controllable electrosurgical pencil
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1. An electrosurgical pencil, comprising:
- an elongated housing;
an electrocautery electrode supported within the housing and extending distally from the housing, the electrocautery electrode configured to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy; and
at least one voltage divider network supported on the housing, the at least one voltage divider network electrically connected to the source of electrosurgical energy and configured to transmit at least one characteristic signal to the source of electrosurgical energy for controlling at least one of a frequency, an intensity, and a mode of electrosurgical energy delivered by the source of electrosurgical energy to the electrocautery electrode, the at least one voltage divider network configured to control the frequency of the electrosurgical energy separately from the mode of the electrosurgical energy.
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Abstract
An electrosurgical pencil is provided, which includes an elongated housing, an electrocautery electrode supported within the housing and extending distally from the housing. The electrocautery electrode is connected to a source of electrosurgical energy. The pencil also includes at least one voltage divider network supported on the housing and electrically connected to the source of electrosurgical energy for controlling intensity, frequency, and/or mode of electrosurgical energy being delivered to the electrocautery electrode.
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27 Claims
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1. An electrosurgical pencil, comprising:
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an elongated housing; an electrocautery electrode supported within the housing and extending distally from the housing, the electrocautery electrode configured to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy; and at least one voltage divider network supported on the housing, the at least one voltage divider network electrically connected to the source of electrosurgical energy and configured to transmit at least one characteristic signal to the source of electrosurgical energy for controlling at least one of a frequency, an intensity, and a mode of electrosurgical energy delivered by the source of electrosurgical energy to the electrocautery electrode, the at least one voltage divider network configured to control the frequency of the electrosurgical energy separately from the mode of the electrosurgical energy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electrosurgical pencil, comprising:
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an elongated housing; an electrocautery electrode supported within the housing and extending distally from the housing, the electrocautery electrode operable to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy; at least one voltage divider network supported on the housing, the at least one voltage divider network operable to electrically connect to the source of electrosurgical energy and configured to transmit at least one characteristic signal to the source of electrosurgical energy for controlling at least one of a frequency, a duty cycle, and an intensity of electrosurgical energy delivered to the electrocautery electrode by the source of electrosurgical energy; and a frequency controller slidably supported on the housing and configured to selectively actuate the at least one voltage divider network to transmit the at least one characteristic signal to the source of electrosurgical energy for controlling the frequency of the electrosurgical energy produced by the source of electrosurgical energy separately from the duty cycle. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An electrosurgical pencil, comprising:
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an elongated housing; an electrocautery electrode supported within the housing and extending distally from the housing, the electrocautery electrode configured to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy; at least one voltage divider network supported on the housing, the at least one voltage divider network electrically connected to the source of electrosurgical energy and configured to transmit at least one characteristic signal to the source of electrosurgical energy for controlling at least one of a frequency, an intensity, and a mode of electrosurgical energy delivered to the electrocautery electrode by the source of electrosurgical energy, the voltage divider network configured to control the frequency of the electrosurgical energy separately from the mode of the electrosurgical energy; a frequency controller slidably supported on the housing and configured to selectively actuate the at least one voltage divider network to transmit the at least one characteristic signal to the source of electrosurgical energy for controlling the frequency of the electrosurgical energy; an intensity controller slidably supported on the housing and configured to selectively actuate the at least one voltage divider network to transmit the at least one characteristic signal to the source of electrosurgical energy for controlling the intensity of the electrosurgical energy separately from the mode of the electrosurgical energy; and a plurality of activation switches supported on the housing, the plurality of activation switches configured to selectively actuate the at least one voltage divider network to transmit the at least one characteristic signal to the source of electrosurgical energy for controlling the mode of electrosurgical energy, each activation switch corresponding to a particular mode of electrosurgical energy produced by the source of electrosurgical energy.
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27. An electrosurgical pencil, comprising:
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an elongated housing; an electrocautery electrode supported within the housing and extending distally from the housing, the electrocautery electrode configured to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy; and a voltage divider network supported by the housing and electrically connected to the source of electrosurgical energy, the voltage divider network configured to transmit at least one characteristic signal to the source of electrosurgical energy upon actuation thereof for controlling electrosurgical energy delivered to the electrocautery electrode by the source of electrosurgical energy; at least one duty cycle controller supported on the housing and operably coupled to the voltage divider network, the at least one duty cycle controller configured to actuate the voltage divider network to select a duty cycle of the electrosurgical energy delivered to the electrocautery electrode; and a frequency controller supported on the housing and operably coupled to the voltage divider network, the frequency controller configured to actuate the voltage divider network to adjust the frequency of the electrosurgical energy delivered to the electrocautery electrode for each selected duty cycle.
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