Patent ID: 6325795
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A replaceable accessory cord and hands witch set for use with an electrossurgical instrument, the clectrosurgical instrument having a distal end for delivery therefrom of electrosurgical current to a patient, and a proximal end for holding by a surgeon, the proximal end having a terminal for connecting with the replaceable accessory cord and hands witch set for receiving clectrosurgical current, the replaceable accessory cord and hands witch set comprising:an accessory cord having a least first and second conductors, the accessory cord including at least one split end defining a conductor cord independently connected to a connector and a switch cord independently connected to a handswitch, the hands witch electrically coupled to the first conductor, for mounting on the proximal end of the electrosurgical instrument for access by the surgeon;first and second contacts in the handswitch, the contacts normally open, the first contact attached to the first conductor and the second contact connected to the second conductor;a receptacle on the hands witch connected electrically to the second contact, the receptacle configured to conjugate with the terminal when mounted on the electrosurgical instrument through an RF switch junction and the conductor cord on the electrosurgical instrument;a support on the hands witch for adjustable mechanical connection, the mechanical connection configured to adapt with the electrosurgical instrument by flexibly conforming to a portion the electrosurgical instrument to prevent movement relative thereto, the support electrically insulated from the pair of contacts, the receptacle, the terminal and the conductors, andan operating button on the support accessible to the surgeon, the operating button positioned remotely from the receptacle and the terminal so that the operating button is convenient to the surgeon, the operating button electrically isolated from the pair of contacts, the receptacle, the terminal and the conductors, the operating button movably mounted to the support for closing the pair of contacts during use of the Clectrosurgical instrument when applying electrosurgical energy to the patient.