Patent ID: 9023042
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A coagulator useful in surgical procedures, the coagulator comprising: a handle formed of an insulating material, the handle having a distal end and a proximal end; a conductor carried by the handle, the conductor having coaxial inner and outer electrically conductive elements with an insulating material concentrically disposed between portions of the inner and outer elements, the conductor having a distal region extending from the distal end of the handle and with the inner and outer elements forming a bipolar coagulating probe tip, the conductor further including a proximal region secured within a portion of the handle, the conductor proximal region also being the location for electrical connection of the inner and outer conductive elements to adjoining circuit elements; connector means at the proximal end of the handle for interconnection with an electrical power source to permit electrical current to be delivered to the tip of the conductor for coagulation; and means for electrically interconnecting and holding circuit elements by insertion of the circuit elements into the handle.