Patent ID: 9681907
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. An electrosurgical system for generating a plasma stream on a surgical site of a patient, the system comprising: an electrosurgical generator, coupled to an electrical power source, that generates electrosurgical energy; and a plasma generator including at least first and second gas conduits with an individual electrode concentrically disposed within each of the first and second gas conduits, each electrode operatively coupled to the electrosurgical generator to selectively receive electrosurgical energy therefrom, the electrosurgical energy supplied to each electrode having a predetermined phase shift relative to each other, wherein the electrodes each at least partially ionizes a carrier gas fed to the at least first and second gas conduits to create a single plasma discharge, and wherein the at least first and second gas conduits are arranged at a predetermined angle relative to each other, the predetermined angle being adjustable.