Combination electrosurgical device
First Claim
1. An electrosurgical device comprising:
- a. forceps including;
i. a first working arm andii. a second working arm;
b. a blade electrode;
c. an immobilization feature that is slidable along the electrosurgical device;
wherein the electrosurgical device is capable of being switched between a first electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a first therapy current through the first working arm, the second working arm, or both, and a second electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a second therapy current through the blade electrode;
wherein the first working arm and the second working arm of the forceps are immobilized in the second electrical configuration by the immobilization feature being moved from a first position to a second position so that both the forceps and the first therapy current are disabled, andwherein the blade electrode extends between and beyond the first working arm and the second working arm in the second electrical configuration;
wherein the electrosurgical device includes a shuttle that slides along the forceps and the immobilization feature is part of the shuttle and the immobilization feature assists in disabling both the forceps and the first therapy current; and
wherein the shuttle has a second position where the shuttle covers one or more first activation buttons for applying the first therapy current and a first position where the shuttle covers one or more second activation buttons for applying the second therapy current so that only the one or more first activation buttons or the one or more second activation buttons are exposed at one time.
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Abstract
An electrosurgical device comprising: (a) forceps including: (i) a first working arm and (ii) a second working arm; (b) a blade electrode; wherein the electrosurgical device is capable of being switched between a first electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a first therapy current through the first working arm, the second working arm, or both, and a second electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a second therapy current through the blade electrode; and wherein the first working arm and the second working arm of the forceps are immobilized in the second electrical configuration so that both the forceps and the first therapy current are disabled.
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15 Claims
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1. An electrosurgical device comprising:
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a. forceps including; i. a first working arm and ii. a second working arm; b. a blade electrode; c. an immobilization feature that is slidable along the electrosurgical device; wherein the electrosurgical device is capable of being switched between a first electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a first therapy current through the first working arm, the second working arm, or both, and a second electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a second therapy current through the blade electrode; wherein the first working arm and the second working arm of the forceps are immobilized in the second electrical configuration by the immobilization feature being moved from a first position to a second position so that both the forceps and the first therapy current are disabled, and wherein the blade electrode extends between and beyond the first working arm and the second working arm in the second electrical configuration; wherein the electrosurgical device includes a shuttle that slides along the forceps and the immobilization feature is part of the shuttle and the immobilization feature assists in disabling both the forceps and the first therapy current; and wherein the shuttle has a second position where the shuttle covers one or more first activation buttons for applying the first therapy current and a first position where the shuttle covers one or more second activation buttons for applying the second therapy current so that only the one or more first activation buttons or the one or more second activation buttons are exposed at one time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An electrosurgical device comprising:
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a. forceps including; i. a first working arm and ii. a second working arm; b. a blade electrode; c. an immobilization feature that is slidable along the electrosurgical device; d. one or more first activation buttons; and e. one or more second activation buttons; wherein the electrosurgical device is capable of being switched between a first electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a first therapy current through the first working arm, the second working arm, or both, and a second electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a second therapy current through the blade electrode; wherein the first working arm and the second working arm of the forceps are immobilized in the second electrical configuration by the immobilization feature being moved from a first position to a second position so that both the forceps and the first therapy current are disabled, and wherein the blade electrode extends between and beyond the first working arm and the second working arm in the second electrical configuration; wherein the electrosurgical device includes a shuttle that slides along the forceps and the immobilization feature is part of the shuttle and the immobilization feature assists in disabling both the forceps and the first therapy current; and wherein the shuttle has a second position where the shuttle impedes movement of one or more of the one or more first activation buttons for applying the first therapy current and a first position where the shuttle impedes movement of one or more of the one or more second activation buttons for applying the second therapy current so that only the one or more first activation buttons or the one or more second activation buttons are impeded from movement at one time. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. An electrosurgical device comprising:
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a. forceps including; i) a first working arm having a first contact region and ii) a second working arm having a second contact region; b. a blade electrode; c. an immobilization feature that is slidable along the electrosurgical device;
wherein the electrosurgical device is capable of being switched between a first electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a first therapy current through the first working arm, the second working arm, or both, and a second electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a second therapy current through the blade electrode;wherein the first working arm and the second working arm of the forceps are immobilized in the second electrical configuration by the immobilization feature being moved from a first position to a second position so that both the forceps and the first therapy current are disabled, and wherein the blade electrode extends between and beyond the first working arm and the second working arm in the second electrical configuration; wherein the electrosurgical device includes a shuttle that slides along the forceps and the immobilization feature is part of the shuttle and the immobilization feature assists in disabling both the forceps and the first therapy current; and wherein the shuttle is connected to the first working arm and the second working arm and the shuttle moves the first working arm and second working arm between the second electrical configuration and the first electrical configuration. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. An electrosurgical device comprising:
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a. forceps including; i. a first working arm and ii. a second working arm; b. a blade electrode; c. an immobilization feature that is slidable along the electrosurgical device; wherein the electrosurgical device is capable of being switched between a first electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a first therapy current through the first working arm, the second working arm, or both, and a second electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a second therapy current through the blade electrode; wherein the first working arm and the second working arm of the forceps are immobilized in the second electrical configuration by the immobilization feature being moved from a first position to a second position so that both the forceps and the first therapy current are disabled, wherein the blade electrode extends between and beyond the first working arm and the second working arm in the second electrical configuration; and wherein the blade electrode is rotatable so that a length of the blade electrode is rotatable to be parallel to a contact region between the first working arm and the second, and the length of the blade electrode is rotatable to be perpendicular to the contact region between the first working arm and the second working arm.
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13. An electrosurgical device comprising:
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a. forceps including; i. a first working arm and ii. a second working arm; b. a blade electrode; c. an immobilization feature that is slidable along the electrosurgical device; wherein the electrosurgical device is capable of being switched between a first electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a first therapy current through the first working arm, the second working arm, or both, and a second electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a second therapy current through the blade electrode; wherein the first working arm and the second working arm of the forceps are immobilized in the second electrical configuration by the immobilization feature being moved from a first position to a second position so that both the forceps and the first therapy current are disabled, wherein the blade electrode extends between and beyond the first working arm and the second working arm in the second electrical configuration; and wherein the first working arm, the second working arm, or both is in electrical contact with the blade electrode when the electrosurgical device is in the second electrical configuration. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. An electrosurgical device comprising:
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a. forceps including; i. a first working arm and ii. a second working arm; b. a blade electrode; c. an immobilization feature that is slidable along the electrosurgical device; wherein the electrosurgical device is capable of being switched between a first electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a first therapy current through the first working arm, the second working arm, or both, and a second electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a second therapy current through the blade electrode; wherein the first working arm and the second working arm of the forceps are immobilized in the second electrical configuration by the immobilization feature being moved from a first position to a second position so that both the forceps and the first therapy current are disabled, wherein the blade electrode extends between and beyond the first working arm and the second working arm in the second electrical configuration; wherein the electrosurgical device includes a shuttle that slides along the forceps and the immobilization feature is part of the shuttle and the immobilization feature assists in disabling both the forceps and the first therapy current; and wherein the first working arm has an immobilization arm and the second working arm has an immobilization arm and the shuttle has the immobilization feature that engages both the immobilization arm of the first working arm and the second working arm so that the first working arm and the second working arm are biased towards each other as the shuttle is moved from the first position to the second position.
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