Patent ID: 6309388
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An improved device for electrocautery removal of tissue of a human patient, the device comprising:a hollow housing, elongate along a first longitudinal axis, having a proximal portion with a proximal end and a distal end;rotating means, operably engageable within the housing along the first longitudinal axis and adapted to conduct electrocautery energy from an electrode proximate to the housing proximal portion to a coupling proximate the distal end and extendable beyond the distal end along a second longitudinal axis at an angle to the first longitudinal axis, for rotating the coupling with a removable handle proximate the proximal end of the housing; andan electrocautery head, carrying an electrocautery wire, operably electrically engageable with the coupling and rotatable around the second longitudinal axis, electrocauterizing tissue of a human patient while rotating around its longitudinal axis.