Patent ID: 9526556
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An electrosurgical wand for treating tissue at a target site within or on a patient's body comprising: an elongate shaft having a handle end and a distal end portion, the distal end portion comprising an active electrode, an insulative spacer body and a return electrode, wherein the active electrode is supported on the insulative spacer body and is spaced away from the return electrode; wherein the active electrode defines a peripheral edge surface; wherein the insulative spacer body defines an aspiration cavity fluidly connected with an aspiration lumen and terminating with a cavity aperture having a perimeter, wherein the active electrode partially cover the cavity aperture so as to define at least one aspiration aperture having an aspiration aperture perimeter that is defined by the cavity aperture perimeter and the active electrode peripheral edge surface.