Patent ID: 6749608
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An electrosurgical probe for excising of adenoid tissue, comprising:(a) an elongated body portion having a longitudinal axis and comprising at a proximate end an electrical connector for receiving electrosurgical RF currents and a fitting for receiving suction, (b) a suction conduit within the body portion and connected at one end to the fitting, (c) the body portion having at a distal end a claw-shaped member comprising spaced arms, viewed from the top, the claw-shaped member curves downward, (d) an active electrode at the distal end of the body portion, the active electrode comprising a bare sharp blade extending across the arms of the claw-shaped member, (e) means for connecting the electrical connector to the bare sharp blade, (f) the suction conduit having at the distal end an opening facing the interior of the claw-shaped member, (g) portions of said body portion except for the bare sharp blade being electrically insulating to prevent contact and passage of electrosurgical currents to areas adjacent to or surrounding the tissue to be excised when electrosurgical currents are supplied to the electrical connector and suction applied to the fitting during an adenoidectomy, (h) the blade having a sharp cutting edge and the sharp cutting edge facing upwardly toward the interior of the claw-shaped member.