Patent ID: 6458125
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A combined electro-surgical unit (ESU) pencil apparatus comprising, in combination:a removable elongated shroud, adaptably fitted over an external surface of an electro-surgical unit pencil, said pencil having electro-surgical means located within a portion of said shroud and electro-surgical tip means that can extend beyond an opening located at a distal end of said shroud for use in surgery, wherein said shroud comprises a conduit having an open proximal end, said open distal end, and a generally semi-circular shaped hollow interior and a receiving surface located on an external top surface of said conduit for receiving the electro-surgical unit pencil; external conduit means coupled to said open proximal end of said elongated shroud for exhausting smoke located within said shroud; and smoke evacuation means coupled to said external conduit means for exhausting smoke passing from said shroud into said external conduit means.