Patent ID: 9033974
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical method, comprising: delivering a first electrically conductive surgical component into a patient to a target tissue site, wherein the first electrically conductive surgical component is configured to deliver electrical energy from an energy source to the target tissue site; delivering a second electrically conductive surgical component into the patient to the target tissue site, wherein the second electrically conductive surgical component is configured to deliver the electrical energy from the energy source to the target tissue site, wherein the second electrically conductive surgical component is positioned independently of the first electrically conductive surgical component, and when both the first and the second electrically conductive surgical components are positioned within the patient, the first and the second electrically conductive surgical components are provided at distal ends of first and second elements, respectively, that extend linearly straight from outside of the patient to the target tissue site inside of the patient, and wherein the first and the second elements are capable of being positioned at a plurality of different angles with respect to each other; delivering the electrical energy from the energy source between the first and the second electrically conductive surgical components to cauterize tissue at the target tissue site positioned between and contacting the first and the second electrically conductive surgical components, the delivering the electrical energy occurring while the first and the second electrically conductive surgical components are positioned at the target tissue site and both the first and the second electrically conductive surgical components are electrically coupled to the energy source; and using the first electrically conductive surgical component to apply suctioning to the target tissue site or to cut the tissue at the target tissue site using scissors; wherein the first and the second electrically conductive surgical components are inserted into nostrils of the patient.