Patent ID: 9439716
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An electrosurgical device comprising: a probe having a proximal end and a distal end; bipolar surface electrodes adjacent the distal end of the probe, the bipolar surface electrodes being separated from each other by a gap and extending over the distal end of the probe; a bipolar snare extending distally from the distal end of the probe and including first and second snare electrodes, the bipolar snare including a handpiece coupled to a proximal end of at least one of the snare electrodes, the handpiece being configured to be manipulated by a user to tighten the bipolar snare around a part of a stem of a pedunculated tissue structure to be removed; first and second terminals by which the electrosurgical device is coupled to a bipolar energy source; and circuitry coupling the first and second terminals to the bipolar surface electrodes and to the first and second snare electrodes, the circuitry coupling the first and second terminals to proximal ends of the bipolar surface electrodes and to proximal ends of the first and second snare electrodes, the circuitry including a first relay by which the first terminal is selectively coupled to either (i) the proximal end of a first one of the bipolar surface electrodes, or (ii) the proximal end of the first snare electrode.