Patent ID: 8668688
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for performing an electrosurgical procedure on a target tissue, the method comprising: providing an electrosurgical system comprising: simultaneously transmitting energy to the first, second, and third electrically conductive elements; inserting the second electrically conductive element into a first location of the target tissue; inserting the third electrically conductive element into a second location of the target tissue; orienting and defining a direction and a length of a single resection line between the second and third electrically conductive elements which are independently positionable with respect to each other on the target tissue, such that axes of the second and third electrically conductive elements are non-parallel with respect to each other; and moving the first electrically conductive element along the single resection line to desiccate or divide the target tissue when the second and third electrically conductive elements are inserted into the target tissue, an axis of the first electrically conductive element configured to move in a non-parallel manner with respect to the axes of the second and third electrically conductive elements.