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

Claim 12:
13. A method for performing surgery with an electrosurgical electrode, comprising:
providing an electrosurgical handpiece with: a first body part slidably engaged with a second body part; a first upper rigid member connected to the first body part at a first pivot; a second upper rigid member connected to the second body part at a second pivot, wherein the first upper rigid member is connected to the second upper rigid member at a fulcrum; a back grip extending from the second pivot of the second upper rigid member; a finger grip extending from the first pivot of the first upper rigid member; wherein the fulcrum is positioned on an opposition side of the first and second body parts than the finger grip and back grip; a lower malleable region, wherein a first end of the lower malleable region connects to the back grip at a further-most end of the back grip, spaced from and opposite to another end of the back grip that is proximate to the second pivot; a second end of the lower malleable region connects the finger grip at a further-most end of the finger grip that is spaced from and opposite to another end of the finger grip that is proximate to the first pivot, thereby connecting the back grip to the finger grip; wherein the lower malleable region is more elastic than the first upper rigid member, second upper rigid member, back grip, and finger grip;
squeezing the finger grip toward the back grip to flex and compress the lower malleable region such that a portion of the lower malleable region extends downwardly with respect to the handpiece to move the first body part and the second body part toward one another to actuate the electrosurgical handpiece.