Patent ID: 6352533
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: A61B,B01D

Abstract:
An electrosurgical handpiece comprising:(a) an elongated tubular first member having a first end and a distal flexible second end, (b) first and second electrically-conductive wires fixedly positioned in electrically-insulating relationship in the first member with first means connected to the first member at its first end for applying to the first and second wires a bipolar electrosurgical voltage capable of generating electrosurgical currents between the wires, each of the first and second wires having a bare end forming a loop projecting out of the first member at its second end, (c) the bare end loops of the first and second wires extending in laterally-spaced parallel planes whose relative position in the spaced parallel planes remains fixed whether or not the second end is flexed, (d) wherein electrosurgical currents are generated between the spaced bare end parallel loops when the electrosurgical voltage is applied to the first and second wires.