Patent ID: 6458124
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A family of electrosurgical electrode core assemblies, comprising:a) a common outer housing having a longitudinal axis and, transverse to the longitudinal axis, a depending handle, b) a plurality of core assemblies, each of said core assemblies comprising an electrode holder having a similarly configured mounting portion for removable mounting within the housing and comprising a bore having a longitudinal axis parallel to that of the outer housing, c) sliding contacts mounted to the electrode holder and having a conductive portion accessible from the electrode holder bore, d) electrical wires connected to the sliding contacts and extending through the depending handle and having a remote end terminating in a connector, e) each of said core assemblies comprising means for removably supporting within its bore an electrosurgical electrode having a conductive portion within the electrode holder when supported, f) each of said electrosurgical electrodes being configured such that when mounted its conductive portion contacts and makes electrical connection with the conductive portion of the sliding contacts, whereby electrosurgical currents are supplied to the electrosurgical electrode when the connector is connected to electrosurgical apparatus.