Patent ID: 11969198
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. An electrosurgical handpiece for performing surgery, comprising:
a first body part slidably engaged with a second body part;
an electrode connected to the first body part;
a first upper rigid member connected to the first body part at a first pivot extending through the first body part;
a second upper rigid member connected to the second body part at a second pivot extending through the second body part,
wherein the first upper rigid member is connected to the second upper rigid member at a fulcrum disposed above the first and second pivots;
a back grip extending from the second pivot to which the second upper rigid member is connected;
a finger grip section extending from the first pivot to which the first upper rigid member is connected;
a lower malleable region, wherein: a first end of the lower malleable region connects to a further-most end of the back grip at an end of the back grip that is spaced from and opposite to another end of the back grip that is proximate to the second pivot; and
a second end of the lower malleable region connects the finger grip section at a further-most end of the finger grip section that is spaced from and opposite to another end of finger grip section that is proximate to the first pivot; wherein the lower malleable region is more elastic than the first upper rigid member, second upper rigid member, back grip, and finger grip section;
wherein the lower malleable region includes a spring coefficient that biases the back grip and the finger grip section apart from one another in the absence of an applied counterforce;
wherein the first and second upper rigid members rotate about the fulcrum and about the first and second pivots when the lower malleable region is actuated.