Patent ID: 11903630
Assignee: APYX MEDICAL CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An electrosurgical apparatus comprising:
a housing having a passage extending therethrough, the housing having a proximal end and a distal end;
an electrically conducting tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the electrically conducting tube being disposed in the passage of the housing;
an insulating outer tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the outer tube disposed around the electrically conducting tube with the proximal end of the outer tube coupled to the distal end of the housing; and
a planar blade for electrosurgical cutting made of an electrically conducting material, wherein the blade is coupled to an inner circumference of the distal end of the electrically conducting tube such that two gas passageways are formed on both sides of the blade,
wherein in a first position of the blade, the blade extends beyond the distal end of the outer tube for electrosurgical cutting and, in a second position of the blade, the blade is retracted within the outer tube,
wherein the electrically conducting tube is adapted to conduct energy to the blade for electrically energizing the blade in the first position and the second position, and
wherein the electrically conducting tube and the gas passageways are adapted to supply inert gas from the proximal end of the housing through the electrically conducting tube to the blade for generating plasma in the second position.