Patent ID: 11864816
Assignee: GERARD MICHAEL BROOKE
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An electrosurgical instrument comprising:
a housing having
an elongate main body extending in an axial direction, and
a grippable carriage;

an implement fixed relative to and projecting from a forward region of the main body;
a smoke evacuation passage defined within the main body and extending from an inlet proximal to the implement;
an electrical conductor housed within the housing for supplying an electrosurgical current to the implement; and
an elongate illuminator engagable with the housing, the illuminator including a light source and an elongate light-transmissible body portion;
the housing including an axial retainer on the main body, the light-transmissible body portion of the illuminator being engagable with the axial retainer of the housing,
the grippable carriage being formed as a slidable carriage connected to the main body, a lower portion of a grippable member being receivable over the elongate illuminator when engaged with the axial retainer such that the axial position of the grippable carriage relative to the main body may be adjusted in use without altering a position of the elongate illuminator,
wherein at least one switch is provided on a surface of an upper portion of the grippable member such that a distance between the implement and the at least one switch is alterable when the axial position of the grippable carriage is adjusted; and
wherein the at least one switch is associated with electrosurgical function of the implement.