Patent ID: 9554867
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A light attachment device for electrosurgical pencils and electrosurgical pencil attachments comprising: a rod-shaped support member; at least one open semi-circular shaped attachment member connected to said support member for attaching the light attachment device to said at least one of an electrosurgical pencil and an electrosurgical pencil attachment wherein a diameter of the rod-shaped support member is less than a diameter of each of said at least one open semi-circular shaped attachment member and wherein said at least one attachment member extends from a surface of said support member without circumferentially containing any portion of the support member; and at least one lighting element connected to at least one of said support member and said at least one attachment member wherein said at least one lighting element comprises at least one light emitting diode powered by a radio-frequency pick-up coil which comprises a battery-free radio frequency sensor on a flexible substrate.